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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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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  949.1 V    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  949.61 V96    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  949.61 V984M    Check Shelf
Description xxxv, 659 pages, 90 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of illustrations -- Prefatory dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : A personal chronicle -- Introduction : The Greeks of Istanbul on the eve of September 6,1955 -- ch 1. Background and institutions of the pogrom -- ch. 2. The pogrom -- ch. 3. Moral and material damages, and the economics and politics of compensation -- ch. 4. From Papagos to Karamanles (the economics and politics of compensation continued) -- ch. 5. The attack on the Greek Orthodox Church -- ch. 6. Crime and punishment, and the trial of the Menderes government -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Greeks -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Anti-Greek Riots, Istanbul, Turkey, 1955.
Greeks -- Crimes against -- Turkey -- Istanbul.
Pogroms -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 0974766038
9780974766034
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