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Author Vryonis, Speros, 1928-2019.

Title The mechanism of catastrophe : the Turkish pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the destruction of the Greek community of Istanbul / Speros Vryonis.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : greekworks.com, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  DR727.G74 V96 2005    Available  ---
Description xxxv, 659 pages, 90 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: a personal chronicle -- Introduction: the Greeks of Istanbul on the eve of September 6,1955 -- Background and institutions of the pogrom -- The pogrom -- Moral and material damages, and the economics and politics of compensation -- From Papagos to Karamanles (the economics and politics of compensation continued) -- The attack on the Greek Orthodox Church -- Crime and punishment, and the trial of the Menderes government -- Conclusions --Appendixes.
Subject Greeks -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Greeks.
Turkey -- Istanbul.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Turkey -- History -- 20th century.
Turkey.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 0974766038
Standard No. 9780974766034