Midnight at the Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul /

Midnight at the Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	King, Charles, 1967- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2014.
Description:	xiv, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey) -- History -- 20th century. Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey) City and town life -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century. Social change -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century. Cosmopolitanism -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century. City and town life. Cosmopolitanism. Manners and customs. Social change. Social conditions. Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 20th century. Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Turkey -- Istanbul. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10084138

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Varying Form of Title:	Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul
ISBN:	9780393089141 (hbk.) 0393089142 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes discography (pages 449-450), bibliographical references (pages 427-449) and index.
Summary:	"In this ... portrait of urban reinvention, Charles King re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads--a forgotten moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Maps
Author's Note
Prologue
Grand Hotel
The Gray Fleet
Occupation
Resistance
Moscow on the Bosphorus
Konstantinoupolis
"The Post-War World Was Jazzing"
"The Past is a Wound in My Heart"
Modern Times
Beyond the Veil
Living Like a Squirrel
Island Life
Queen
Holy Wisdom
Shadow Wars
Paper Trails
At The Gate of Felicity
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index