Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- 4 The European Dream
- 5 The Making of a European Spatial Discourse on the Levantine City
- 6 Dreaming of a City in Stone
- 7 Reinventing the City from the Sea Inward
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The European Dream
from Part II - Constructing Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2020
Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- 4 The European Dream
- 5 The Making of a European Spatial Discourse on the Levantine City
- 6 Dreaming of a City in Stone
- 7 Reinventing the City from the Sea Inward
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Following the Napoleonic occupation of Egypt, Great Power hegemony over the Eastern Mediterranean took on the form of a strong gunboat presence, without initially taking over direct administration of the region. Instead, Western authors projected a future union of Orient and Occident via the Mediterranean. Authors from east of the sea seized upon and further elaborated on how to make use of the impetus from their neighbors to the north and west of the Mediterranean.
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- Port Cities of the Eastern MediterraneanUrban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire, pp. 43 - 48Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020