Charles Emmerson, 1913: In Search Of The World Before The Great War Quotes
The overall result was drift punctuated by protest.
Constantinople had been changing for sometime before the Young Turks got hold of it. It would continue to change long after they had gone.
The city (of Vienna) had an unerring tradition of celebrating some of it's greatest composers after it had around them to die in poverty.
Newspapers provided a common culture of aspiration.
New York presented a paradox. While foreigners thought of New York has the symbol of America, many Americans viewed the city with some suspicion as the country's most foreign.
