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An original and fresh look at the urban history of Istanbul and particularly of Beyoglu. * YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies * Maessen's original work shows how an allegedly cosmopolitan urban environment becomes a new, contested laboratory for the social and cultural production of space. Memories of late Ottoman pluralism and refractions of the Cold War, nation-building ethos and minorities' right to the city: all embedded in a landscape whose legitimate owners are still being questioned. * Paolo Girardelli, Bogazici University, Turkey * Enno Maessen provides a welcome addition to the growing literature on post-1945 urban history. In introducing us to the clubs, cinemas and international schools of a cosmopolitan Istanbul district he also sheds fresh light on European identities on the margins of the continent. * Moritz Foellmer, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands *

"An original and fresh look at the urban history of Istanbul and particularly of Beyoglu. * YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies * “Maessen’s original work shows how an allegedly cosmopolitan urban environment becomes a new, contested laboratory for the social and cultural production of space. Memories of late Ottoman pluralism and refractions of the Cold War, nation-building ethos and minorities’ right to the city: all embedded in a landscape whose legitimate “owners” are still being questioned.” * Paolo Girardelli, Bogaziçi University, Turkey * ""Enno Maessen provides a welcome addition to the growing literature on post-1945 urban history. In introducing us to the clubs, cinemas and international schools of a cosmopolitan Istanbul district he also sheds fresh light on European identities on the margins of the continent."" * Moritz Föllmer, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands *"

Maessen's original work shows how an allegedly cosmopolitan urban environment becomes a new, contested laboratory for the social and cultural production of space. Memories of late Ottoman pluralism and refractions of the Cold War, nation-building ethos and minorities' right to the city: all embedded in a landscape whose legitimate owners are still being questioned. * Paolo Girardelli, Bogazici University, Turkey * Enno Maessen provides a welcome addition to the growing literature on post-1945 urban history. In introducing us to the clubs, cinemas and international schools of a cosmopolitan Istanbul district he also sheds fresh light on European identities on the margins of the continent. * Moritz Foellmer, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands *

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Enno Maessen is Lecturer in History at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He has (co-)authored articles and reviews in Patterns of Prejudice, Middle Eastern Studies, The Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, Journal of World History, and International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity.

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