Prisons in the late Ottoman Empire : : microcosms of modernity / / Kent F. Schull.

The Western world stereotypically associates Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons with images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual behaviour. Now, Kent F. Schull argues that these prisons were actually a site of immense reform and contestation during the 19th century. It was within these prison...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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