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The Tramway Concession of Jerusalem, 1908-1914: Elite Citizenship, Urban Infrastructure, and the Abortive Modernization of a Late Ottoman City

Dimitriadis, Sotirios Vincent Lemire ; Angelos Dalachanis

Ordinary Jerusalem 1840-1940, 2018, Vol.1, p.475-489

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Título:
The Tramway Concession of Jerusalem, 1908-1914: Elite Citizenship, Urban Infrastructure, and the Abortive Modernization of a Late Ottoman City
Autor: Dimitriadis, Sotirios
Vincent Lemire ; Angelos Dalachanis
É parte de: Ordinary Jerusalem 1840-1940, 2018, Vol.1, p.475-489
Descrição: In January 1909, a group of Jerusalem businessmen and notables representing the Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce and the recently founded Banque commerciale de Palestine submitted a proposal for the construction of a tram system to the region’s Ottoman authorities. The project contained plans to build an electrical tramway line that would link the historical walled core of the city to the residential neighborhoods that were beginning to emerge in the surrounding countryside. The petitioners’ plans soon expanded to include provisions for the construction of a second tramway in the port city of Jaffa. The authorities were asked to draft a
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