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  • Part II - Constructing Europe

  • Malte Fuhrmann
  • Book:
    Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
    Published online:
    09 October 2020
    Print publication:
    29 October 2020, pp 37-92

  • Summary

    Changes in Great Power politics, technical developments, and flows of trade all together transformed Eastern Mediterranean perceptions and usages of space. From their image of Europe and the opportunities it offered to modes of travel, to visions of and policies of urban renewal and its acceptance, many aspects of life in Levantine cities were transformed by the heightened interaction with Europe. Nonetheless, the new Istanbul, Izmir, and Salonica were not carbon copies of the towns on the far side of the sea, but very much also the product of local desires and attitudes.