Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950

About this book

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.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780375727382

Publisher

Vintage

Published

May 9, 2006

Pages

544

Weight

16 oz

Subject

History