ISBN:
9780520262218
,
9780520262201
,
9780520947566
,
9781283277303
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 287 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Crime and Punishment in Istanbul : 1700-1800
DDC:
394.94961/809033
Keywords:
Punishment History
;
Crime History
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Translation; Introduction: A Mediterranean Metropolis; PART ONE. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SETTING; 1. Istanbul in the Tulip Age; 2. Migration and Marginalization; 3. Istanbul between Two Rebellions; PART TWO. CATEGORIES OF CRIME; 4. Crimes against Property and Counterfeiting; 5. Prostitution and the Vice Trade; 6. Violence and Homicide; PART THREE. LAW AND ORDER; 7. Policing, Surveillance, and Social Control; 8. Ottoman Justice in Multiple Legal Systems; 9. Ottoman Punishment: From Oars to Prison
Description / Table of Contents:
Epilogue: The Evolution of Crime and Punishment in a Mediterranean MetropolisAppendix: A Janissary Ballad from the 1703 Rebellion; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Z; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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