Gateway to the Mediterranean : An Environmental History of Late Ottoman Izmir (Studies in Environment and History)

İnal, Onur

Cambridge University Press（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 250 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009607261
• DDC分類 956.25015

Full 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.

Contents

Acknowledgments; Notes on Spelling and Pronunciation; Notes on Dates and Place Names; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Complexity; 2. Nature on the Move; 3. Animal Power; 4. Tracks of Change; 5. Golden Promise; 6. Fiber of Fortune; 7. Flavors of the Sun; 8. The Gateway; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.