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the birth of modern Istanbul

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Charles King
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An edition of Midnight at the Pera Palace (2014)

Midnight at the Pera Palace

the birth of modern Istanbul

First edition.

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"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"--

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Language
English
Pages
476

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Subjects
Social life and customs, Cosmopolitanism, Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey), City and town life, Social conditions, Social change, History, Istanbul (turkey), history, Istanbul (turkey), social conditions, Turkey, history, 1918-1960, Turkey, social life and customs, New York Times reviewed
Places
Turkey, Istanbul (Turkey), Istanbul
Times
20th century

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Midnight at the Pera Palace: the birth of modern Istanbul
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes discography (pages 449-450), bibliographical references (pages 427-449) and index.

Other Titles
Pera Palace :

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
949.61/8024
Library of Congress
DR731 .K56 2014, DR731.K56 2014

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Pagination
xiv, 476 pages
Number of pages
476

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27166529M
ISBN 10
0393089142
ISBN 13
9780393089141
LCCN
2014012360
OCLC/WorldCat
883747392, 2014012360
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