TY - BOOK AU - Başaran,Betül TI - Selim III, social control and policing in Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century: between crisis and order T2 - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage SN - 9789004246072 AV - DR559 .B37 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Boston PB - Brill KW - Police KW - Turkey KW - Istanbul KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Internal security KW - Selim III, 1789-1807 KW - İstanbul (Turkey) KW - Social life and customs N1 - 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 ER -