Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced out, and the Nazis deported and killed the Jews. As the acclaimed historian Mark Mazower follows the city's inhabitants through plague, invasion, famine, and the disastrous twentieth century, he resurrects a fascinating and vanished world. |
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As he reported proudly back to London : “ In a few hours 2000 Jews were
assembled around it , who read it . A Turkish soldier stood near it , in order that
no one might tear it up . The chief of the soldiers , who placed a man there ,
desired an ...
As he reported proudly back to London : “ In a few hours 2000 Jews were
assembled around it , who read it . A Turkish soldier stood near it , in order that
no one might tear it up . The chief of the soldiers , who placed a man there ,
desired an ...
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The following month it was reported that "the whole country is full of Circassian
families, fleeing from the Russian army and the Servians, in long lines of carts . . .
panic-stricken, they strive to embark for Asia Minor and Syria." While Albanian ...
The following month it was reported that "the whole country is full of Circassian
families, fleeing from the Russian army and the Servians, in long lines of carts . . .
panic-stricken, they strive to embark for Asia Minor and Syria." While Albanian ...
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When an American frigate called into the port in 1834 , the captain reported that
the scenery was more enticing than its commercial potential . The wooden quay
was mouldering away , the harbour itself was uncharted and sandbanks were ...
When an American frigate called into the port in 1834 , the captain reported that
the scenery was more enticing than its commercial potential . The wooden quay
was mouldering away , the harbour itself was uncharted and sandbanks were ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Rose of Sultan Murad | 15 |
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950 |
| Author | Mark Mazower |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 19 Nov 2008 |
| ISBN | 0375727388, 9780375727382 |
| Length | 490 pages |
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