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

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 1790's, as well as court records she paints a colo...

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Superior document:Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume 56
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; Volume 56.
Physical Description:1 online resource (295 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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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.