{"product_id":"gateway-to-the-mediterranean-onur-nal-9781009607261","title":"Gateway to the Mediterranean","description":"This in-depth exploration of Ottoman Izmir is the first book to study a Mediterranean port city through an environmental historical lens. Onur İnal documents the development of this major Eastern Mediterranean port-city from small coastal town, to transport hub, to a gateway linking the river valleys of Western Anatolia to worldwide markets. Key to this evolution, he argues, was the relationship between a city and countryside which not only shared a common past, but fundamentally reshaped each other during the years of the late Ottoman Empire. Introducing a cast of both human and non-human historical actors, including camels, horses and micro-organisms, İnal demonstrates the transformative impact of their interaction on the city and its hinterlands. By proposing the 'gateway city' model, this rich analysis provides an alternative way to understand the creation of an integrated economic and ecological space in Western Anatolia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Onur İnal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 100960726X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781009607261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Onur \u0026#304;nal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474009243903,"sku":"9781009607261","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e840cf0-b470-4d0a-b90a-d1bd14e9e7ef.jpg?v=1762314389","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gateway-to-the-mediterranean-onur-nal-9781009607261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}