TY  - BOOK
AU  - Başaran,Betül
TI  - Selim III, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century: between crisis and order 
T2  - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy
SN  - 9789004246072 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - DR559 .B37 2014
U1  - 949.61/8015 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Police
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Istanbul
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Internal security
KW  - Selim III, 1789-1807
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey)
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 230-260) and index; The eighteenth century: defining the crisis -- Rebellion, migration and fear of crime in the "well-protected" city -- Migration and public order -- Customary state policies and mechanisms of control -- Maintaining order in the city: urban police and law enforcement agencies -- Istanbul's economy and population at the end of the eighteenth century -- Natural disasters and epidemics -- Wartime crisis and the new order: the policing of istanbul, 1789-92 -- Accession of the "reformist" sultan -- Defining the new order -- Life in Istanbul and the demand for order -- "A sweet fountain is always crowded" -- Investigations and surveillance of the population -- Legal theory and the justice of the sultan -- The inspection registers of 1791-93 -- Observations on the kefalet registers -- Exploration of the register using correspondence analysis -- Economic activity in intra-muros Istanbul according to the register -- Janissaries, immigrant networks and the inspectors -- About coffeehouses and Janissaries
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