Selim III, Social Control and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Between Crisis and Order

In Selim III, Social Order and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Betül Başaran examines Selim III's social control measures and Istanbul's dynamic population, urging us to go beyond mechanistic models of borrowing that focus primarily on European influence in discus...

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Main Author Basaran, By Betul
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston BRILL 2014
Brill
Edition1
SeriesThe Ottoman Empire and its Heritage
Subjects
18th century
History
Internal security
Istanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)
Police
Selim III, 1789-1807
Social life and customs
Turkey
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Summary:In Selim III, Social Order and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century Betül Başaran examines Selim III's social control measures and Istanbul's dynamic population, urging us to go beyond mechanistic models of borrowing that focus primarily on European influence in discussions of Ottoman "modernity".
ISBN:9789004246072
900424607X
DOI:10.1163/9789004274556