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Başaran, Betül,

Selim III, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century : between crisis and order / by Betül Başaran. - 281 pages ; 24 cm. - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 56. . - Ottoman Empire and its heritage, volume 56. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- The eighteenth century: defining the crisis -- Rebellion, migration and fear of crime in the "well-protected" city -- Migration and public order -- Customary state policies and mechanisms of control -- Maintaining order in the city: urban police and law enforcement agencies -- Istanbul's economy and population at the end of the eighteenth century -- Natural disasters and epidemics -- Wartime crisis and the new order: the policing of istanbul, 1789-92 -- Accession of the "reformist" sultan -- Defining the new order -- Life in Istanbul and the demand for order -- "A sweet fountain is always crowded" -- Investigations and surveillance of the population -- Legal theory and the justice of the sultan -- The inspection registers of 1791-93 -- Observations on the kefalet registers -- Exploration of the register using correspondence analysis -- Economic activity in intra-muros Istanbul according to the register -- Janissaries, immigrant networks and the inspectors -- About coffeehouses and Janissaries.

ISBN: 9789004246072

LCCN: 2014014944

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Police--History--Turkey--Istanbul--18th century.
Internal security--History--Turkey--Istanbul--18th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Turkey--History--Selim III, 1789-1807.
İstanbul (Turkey)--Social life and customs--18th century.

LC Class. No.: DR559 / .B37 2014