Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire / Birsen Bulmus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bulmuş, Birsen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Did you know that many of the greatest and most colourful Ottoman statesmen and literary figures from the 15th to the early 20th century considered plague as a grave threat to their empire? And did you know that many Ottomans applauded the establishment of a quarantine against the disease in 1838 as a tool to resist British and French political and commercial penetration? Or that later Ottoman sanitation effort to prevent urban outbreaks would help engender the Arab revolt against the empire in 1916? Birsen Bulmus explores these facts in an engaging study of Ottoman plague treatise writers throughout their almost 600-year struggle with this epidemic disease. Along the way, she addresses the political, economic and social consequences of the methods they used to combat it.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100107

ISBN:

9781474423397

OCLC:

987449406

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access