TY - BOOK AU - Mansel,Philip TI - Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean SN - 9780300176223 AV - DS62 -- .M36 2011eb U1 - 956 PY - 2011/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Middle East -- History KW - Middle East -- Civilization KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Map -- Introduction -- 1. The Vineyards of Pera -- 2. Smyrna: The Eye of Asia -- 3. Smyrna: Massacres and Merriment -- 4. Alexandria: The Key to Egypt -- 5. Alexandria: Bid for Empire -- 6. Beirut: The Republic of Merchants -- 7. Alexandria: Khedives and Consuls -- 8. Alexandria: British Years -- 9. Beirut: The Jewel in the Crown of the Padishah -- 10. Smyrna: Greeks and Turks -- 11. Drifting Cities -- 12. Catastrophe and Liberation -- 13. Alexandria: Queen of the Mediterranean -- 14. Egyptianization -- 15. Beirut: Birth of a Capital -- 16. The Paris of the Middle East -- 17. The Dance of Death -- 18. New Levants for Old -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Acknowledgements -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3420703 ER -