Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950
- ISBN-10
- 0375727388
- ISBN-13
- 9780375727382
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 490
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Author
- Mark Mazower
Description
A vivid narrative history captures the multicultural world of Salonica, from its heyday as a Byzantine port, through its role as a progressive center of the Ottoman Empire, to its occupation during World War II by the Nazis, revealing how its position as a center of progressive equality among diverse cultures and religions was gradually eroded, culminating in the Nazis' destruction of its Jewish inhabitants. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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