Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Istanbul in the tulip age -- Migration and marginalization -- Istanbul between two rebellions -- Crimes against property -- Prostitution and the vice trade -- Violence and homicide -- Policing, surveillance and social control -- Ottoman justice in multiple legal systems -- Ottoman punishment : from oars to prison |
Summary |
This vividly detailed revisionist history exposes the underworld of the largest metropolis of the early modern Mediterranean and through it the entire fabric of a complex, multicultural society. Fariba Zarinebaf maps the history of crime and punishment in Istanbul over more than one hundred years, considering transgressions such as riots, prostitution, theft, and murder and at the same time tracing how the state controlled and punished its unruly population. Taking us through the city's streets, workshops, and houses, she gives voice to ordinary people--the man accused of stealing, the woman ac |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Crime -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History
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Punishment -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Crime
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Punishment
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Turkey -- Istanbul
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780520947566 |
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0520947568 |
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