Crime and punishment in Istanbul : 1700/1800 / Fariba Zarinebaf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zarinebaf, F. (Fariba), 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Turkey--Istanbul--History.

Crime.

Punishment--Turkey--Istanbul--History.

Punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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 accused of prostitution, and the vagabond expelled from the city. She finds that Istanbul in this period remains mischaracterized-in part by the sensational and exotic accounts of European travelers who portrayed it as the embodiment of Ottoman decline, rife with decadence, sin, and disease. Linking the history of crime and punishment to the dramatic political, economic, and social transformations that occurred in the eighteenth century, Zarinebaf finds in fact that Istanbul had much more in common with other emerging modern cities in Europe, and even in America.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Introduction: A Mediterranean Metropolis

1. Istanbul in the Tulip Age

2. Migration and Marginalization

3. Istanbul between Two Rebellions

4. Crimes against Property and Counterfeiting

5. Prostitution and the Vice Trade

6. Violence and Homicide

7. Policing, Surveillance, and Social Control

8. Ottoman Justice in Multiple Legal Systems

9. Ottoman Punishment: From Oars to Prison

Epilogue: The Evolution of Crime and Punishment in a Mediterranean Metropolis

Appendix: A Janissary Ballad from the 1703 Rebellion

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786613277305

9781283277303

1283277301

9780520947566

0520947568

OCLC:

701053852