Selim III, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century : between crisis and order /

Selim III, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century : between crisis and order /

In Selim III, Social Order and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Betül Başaran examines Sultan Selim III's social control and surveillance measures. Drawing mainly from a set of inspection registers and censuses from the 1790s, as well as court records she paints a color...

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Main Author: Başaran, Betül.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, [2014]

Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage 56.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

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Police > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 18th century.
Internal security > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 18th century.
Turkey > History > Selim III, 1789-1807.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Social life and customs > 18th century.

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Call Number: DR559 .B37 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Eighteenth Century: Defining the Crisis
  • Wartime Crisis and the New Order: The Policing of Istanbul, 1789-92
  • The Inspection Registers of 1791-93
  • "We Have No Security": Public Order in the Neighborhood
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix 4.1: List of shops and trades in the southern Golden Horn in 1792
  • Appendix 4.2: Distribution of inns according to location in the southern Golden Horn
  • Bibliography
  • Index.