Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities: A Study of Mersin, Turkey—From Antiquity to Modernity

Author:   Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu ,  Eyüp Özveren ,  Tülin Selvi Ünlü
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
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9783030067014


Pages:   259
Publication Date:   19 January 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities: A Study of Mersin, Turkey—From Antiquity to Modernity


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This book surveys the historical development, current problems and likely prospects for Eastern Mediterranean port cities, providing contributions from scholars from various disciplines, such as archaeologists, historians, economists, urban planners and architects. By studying the city of Mersin and the surrounding area, it offers insights into the changing nature of Eastern Mediterranean port cities. The first part of the book discusses the approaches to the Mediterranean World, from the late prehistory to the present, and questions the implications of the values inherited from the past for a sustainable future. The second part then examines the social structure of Eastern Mediterranean port cities presenting an in-depth study of different ethnic groups and communities. In the third part the changing physical structure of these cities is elucidated from the perspectives of archaeology, architecture, and urban planning. The last part focuses on urbanmemory through a detailed study based on live recordings of original accounts by the local people.  The book benefits prospective researchers in the field of Mediterranean studies, archaeology, history, economic history, architecture and urban planning.

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Author:   Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu ,  Eyüp Özveren ,  Tülin Selvi Ünlü
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.575kg
ISBN:  

9783030067014


ISBN 10:   3030067017
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   19 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Mediterranean Idea: From the Roman Mare Nostrum to the Book of the Sea by Naḥum Slouschz (1948).- Mediterranean as a Supra-Regional Interaction Sphere during Late Prehistory An Overview on Problems and Prospects.- Settlements in the Hellenistic Period in Cilicia.- Anthroscapes: A Robust Basis for Mapping Land Quality and Sustainable Land Use Patterns.- Visible / Invisible: Sanctity, History and Topography in Tarsus.- Maronites in Mersin Through its Process of Becoming an Important Port City (The 19th and the 20th Century).- The Greek-Orthodox Community of Mersin (mid-19th century to 1921).- Where Have All the Egyptian Fellahin Gone? Labor in Mersin and Çukurova (Second Half of the 19th Century).- Why did the German Levantine Cotton Company Settle in Cilicia?.- The Port of Mersin from the Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth Century.- Entrepreneurial Spirit and Modernization of a Port City: The Case of Mersin.- Adana-Mersin Railway Station Buildings:v A Cross-sectionof the 19th Century Ottoman Architecture.- Changes to urban form in Eastern Mediterranean port cities: Formation and transformation of the Çamlıbel neighborhood in Mersin.- The Denizens’ Turn.

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Dr. Filiz Yenişehiroğlu is a faculty member at the Department of Art History of Koç University. She also serves as director of Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research and Application Center in Ankara, Turkey. Her areas of specialty are Ottoman Art, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman ceramic art and popular culture. Dr. Eyüp Özveren is Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS), Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. His areas of specialty are economic history, history of economic thought, institutional economics, Mediterranean studies and political economy. Dr. Tülin Selvi Ünlü is researcher at Mersin University-Center for Mediterranean Urban Studies, Turkey. Her areas of specialty are Eastern Mediterranean port cities and their urban development, urban history, urban memory and oral history.

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