| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crime -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History.
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Crime. |
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Turkey -- Istanbul. |
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History. |
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Punishment -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History.
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Punishment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zarinebaf, F. (Fariba), 1959- Crime and punishment in Istanbul. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520262201 (DLC) 2010020820 (OCoLC)607974847 |
| ISBN |
9780520947566 (electronic book) |
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0520947568 (electronic book) |
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9780520262201 |
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0520262204 |
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9780520262218 |
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0520262212 |
| Standard No. |
9786613277305 |
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