Gateway to the Mediterranean : an environmental history of late Ottoman Izmir / Onur İnal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

İnal, Onur, 1979- Author.

Series:

Studies in environment and history.

Studies in environment and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce--Turkey--İzmir--History--19th century.

Commerce.

Hinterlands--Turkey--İzmir--History--19th century.

Hinterlands.

İzmir (Turkey)--History--19th century.

İzmir (Turkey).

İzmir (Turkey)--Environmental conditions--19th century.

Turkey--Commerce--Europe--History--19th century.

Turkey.

Europe--Commerce--Turkey--History--19th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This in-depth exploration of Ottoman Izmir is the first book to study a Mediterranean port city through an environmental historical lens. Onur ♯ʻnal 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, ♯ʻnal 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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Dec 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-60730-8

1-009-60728-6

1-009-60729-4

OCLC:

1555342443