Selim III, Social Control and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century

Download or read book Selim III, Social Control and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century written by Betül Başaran and published by Ottoman Empire and Its Heritag. This book was released on 2014 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents 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.