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100	1		_aChristie-Miller, Alexander, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTO THE CITY : _bLife and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul / _cAlexander Christie-Miller ; Illustrations by Joe McLaren
264		1	_aLondon : _bWilliam Collins, _c2024
264		4	_c©2024
300			_axii, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, photographs (some color), maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_acartographic image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 378-386) and index
505			_tPart I: Dreams -- _tThe tanner's gate -- _tThe buried gate -- _tThe gate of saints -- _tThe cannon gate -- _tThe gate of the riven tower -- _tThe golden gate -- _tThe gate of the dervish lodge -- _tThe gate of martyrs -- _tPart II: Omens -- _tThe prophesied gate -- _tThe cannon gate -- _tThe gate of the spring -- _tThe rebuilt gate -- _t The crooked gate -- _tThe gate of plagues -- _tThe marble tower
520			_a"In this extraordinary literary debut, Christie-Miller traces the history and present of Istanbul by walking along its crumbling defensive walls and talking to those he passes. Caught between two seas and two continents, with a contested past and an imperiled future, Istanbul represents the precipitous moment civilizations around the world are currently facing. To the City seamlessly blends two narratives: the fragile optimism of the present-day and its inhabitants, and the story of Mehmet's siege and capture of the city in 1453. Those events still loom over the city, as Erdoğan -- a kind of latter-day sultan -- invokes their memory as part of his effort to transform Turkey and resurrect its imperial past. Istanbul stands at the centre of the most pressing challenges of our time. Environmental decay, rapacious development and a refugee crisis are straining the city to breaking point, while its civil society gutters in the face of resurgent authoritarianism. Yet, Istanbul has endured despite centuries of instability. Christie-Miller introduces us to people who are experiencing the looming crisis and fighting back, sometimes triumphing despite the odds. This is a meditation on the soul of Istanbul, of its resilience and fortitude. In the defensive walls of Turkey's largest and most fabled city, Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the country's history and a mirror of its present. Walk with him and see the danger, beauty and hope." -- _cProvided by publisher
651		0	_aIstanbul (Turkey) _xHistory
655		7	_aInformational works
655		7	_aDocuments information
700	1		_aMcLaren, Joe, _eillustrator.
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