TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wishnitzer,Avner
TI  - As night falls: eighteenth century Ottoman cities after dark 
SN  - 9781108832144
AV  - DR726 .W57 2021
U1  - 956/.015091732 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Nightlife
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Istanbul
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
KW  - Jerusalem
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Disquieting -- Order invisible -- The urban subconscious -- Ambivalence and ambiguity -- Manufacturing light -- Shining power -- Night battles -- Conclusion: Dawn of a new night?
N2  - "In a world that is constantly awake, illuminated and exposed, there is much to gain from looking into the darkness of times past. This fascinating and vivid picture of nocturnal life in Middle Eastern cities shows that the night in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire created unique conditions for economic, criminal, political, devotional and leisurely pursuits that were hardly possible during the day. Offering the possibility of livelihood and brotherhood, pleasure and refuge; the darkness allowed confiding, hiding and conspiring - activities which had far-reaching consequences on Ottoman state and society in the early modern period. Instead of dismissing the night as merely a dark corridor between days, As Night Falls demonstrates how fundamental these nocturnal hours have been in shaping the major social, cultural and political processes in the early modern Middle East"--
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