{"product_id":"ottoman-izmir-sibel-zandi-sayek-9780816666027","title":"Ottoman Izmir: The Rise of a Cosmopolitan Port, 1840-1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1840 and 1880, the Eastern Mediterranean port of Izmir (Smyrna) underwent unprecedented change. A modern harbor that welcomed international steamships and new railway lines that transported a cornucopia of products transformed the physical city. Migrants, seasonal workers, and transient sailors thronged into an already diverse metropolis, helping to double the population to 200,000. Simultaneously, Ottoman officials and enterprising citizens vied to control and reform the city's administrative and legal institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOttoman Izmir \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how urban space, institutional structures, and everyday practices shaped one another in the thriving seaport of Izmir during a volatile period of growth. Sibel Zandi-Sayek investigates a variety of urban actors--Muslims and non-Muslims, Ottomans and Europeans, newcomers and native residents, merchants, investors, civil servants, and press reporters--who were actively engaged in restructuring the city. Concentrating on the workings of urban committees and on laws and policies that were written, rewritten, but never fully implemented, Zandi-Sayek exposes how modern interventions sought to impose clear-cut concepts of public and private, safety and danger, and hygiene on a city that previously had a wide range of customary regulations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOttoman Izmir\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Izmir's various stakeholders contested its built environment. In so doing, it offers a new view of the dynamics of urban modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sibel Zandi-Sayek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816666024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816666027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 25","brand":"Sibel Zandi-Sayek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059859681535,"sku":"9780816666027","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4a8b13e-8670-4811-be20-87b8221059b6.jpg?v=1685060739","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ottoman-izmir-sibel-zandi-sayek-9780816666027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}