Salonica, City of Ghosts
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Nonfiction, History, Greece, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Mark Mazower | ISBN: | 9780307427571 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mark Mazower |
| ISBN: | 9780307427571 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
Salonica, 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.
Salonica, 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.
