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

By: Başaran, Betül [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy ; Volume 56Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]Description: viii, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004246072 (hardback : alk. paper)Other title: Selim the 3rd, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century | Selim the third, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth centurySubject(s): 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 centuryDDC classification: 949.61/8015 LOC classification: DR559 | .B37 2014
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 62 - Reading Room 		H2n BAŞAR 30045 Not for loan BOOKS-000000022978

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.