Midnight at the Pera Palace
The Making of Modern Istanbul
(Sprache: Englisch)
When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-create an era when an...
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When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-create an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads - a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge.
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When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. As the multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian émigrés sold family heirlooms, an African American impresario founded a jazz club and Miss Turkey became the first Muslim beauty queen. Turkey's president Kemal Atatürk, Muslim feminist Halide Edip, the exiled Leon Trotsky and the future Pope John XXIII fought for new visions of human freedom. During the Second World War, German intellectuals ran from the Nazis while Jewish activists spirited refugees out of occupied Europe. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads-a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge.
Autoren-Porträt von Charles King
Charles King, Professor für internationale Beziehungen an der Georgetown University, Washington, ist Historiker, Politologe und Philosoph. Er hat mehrere Bücher veröffentlicht. Seine Beiträge erscheinen u.a. in der "Washington Post" und der "LA Times", zudem beim CNN, BBC oder im "History Channel".
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles King
- 2015, Repr., 496 Seiten, 32 Abbildungen, Maße: 14,1 x 20,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Norton
- ISBN-10: 0393351866
- ISBN-13: 9780393351866
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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