Levant
Subtitle: splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean
By: Philip Mansel
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780719567070
Subjects: Civilization; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-450) and index.
Table of contents: title: The vineyards of Pera; title: Smyrna : the eye of Asia; title: Smyrna : massacres and merriment; title: Alexandria : the key to Egypt; title: Alexandria : bid for empire; title: Beirut : the republic of merchants; title: Alexandria : khedives and consuls; title: Alexandria : the British years; title: Beirut : the jewel in the crown of the padishah; title: Smyrna : Greeks and Turks; title: Drifting cities; title: Catastrophe and liberation; title: Alexandria : queen of the Mediterranean; title: Egyptianization; title: Beirut : birth of a capital; title: The Paris of the Middle East; title: The dance of death; title: New Levants for old.