Studies on Ottoman society and culture, 16th-18th centuries. (2023)
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- Title:
- Studies on Ottoman society and culture, 16th-18th centuries. (2023)
- Main Title:
- Studies on Ottoman society and culture, 16th-18th centuries
- Further Information:
- Note: Rhoads Murphey.
- Authors:
- Murphey, Rhoads, 1949-
- Contents:
- Contents: Preface; Part 1 Cultural Relations and Exchange of Ideas: Ottoman medicine and transculturalism from the 16th through the 18th century; Westernisation in the 18th-century Ottoman empire: how far, how fast?; Bigots or informed observers? A periodization of pre-colonial English and European writing on the Middle East; The Ottoman attitude towards the adoption of Western technology: the role of the efrenci technicians in civil and military applications. Part 2 Urban Living: Provisioning Istanbul: the state and subsistence in the early modern Middle East; Communal living in Ottoman Istanbul: searching for the foundations of an urban tradition; Disaster relief practices in 17th-century Istanbul: a brief overview of organizational aspects of urban renewal projects undertaken in the aftermath of catastrophic fires; The city of Belgrade in the early years of Serbian self-rule and dual administration with the Ottomans: vignettes from Rashid's History illuminating the transformation of a Muslim metropolis of the Balkans. Part 3 Population Groups, Population Movements, Production and Organisation of Labour: Some features of nomadism in the Ottoman empire: a survey based on tribal census and judicial appeal documentation from archives in Istanbul and Damascus; Ottoman census methods in the mid-16th century: 3 case histories; The conceptual and pragmatic uses of the 'summary' (idjmal) register in 16th-century Ottoman administrative practice; Population movements and laborContents: Preface; Part 1 Cultural Relations and Exchange of Ideas: Ottoman medicine and transculturalism from the 16th through the 18th century; Westernisation in the 18th-century Ottoman empire: how far, how fast?; Bigots or informed observers? A periodization of pre-colonial English and European writing on the Middle East; The Ottoman attitude towards the adoption of Western technology: the role of the efrenci technicians in civil and military applications. Part 2 Urban Living: Provisioning Istanbul: the state and subsistence in the early modern Middle East; Communal living in Ottoman Istanbul: searching for the foundations of an urban tradition; Disaster relief practices in 17th-century Istanbul: a brief overview of organizational aspects of urban renewal projects undertaken in the aftermath of catastrophic fires; The city of Belgrade in the early years of Serbian self-rule and dual administration with the Ottomans: vignettes from Rashid's History illuminating the transformation of a Muslim metropolis of the Balkans. Part 3 Population Groups, Population Movements, Production and Organisation of Labour: Some features of nomadism in the Ottoman empire: a survey based on tribal census and judicial appeal documentation from archives in Istanbul and Damascus; Ottoman census methods in the mid-16th century: 3 case histories; The conceptual and pragmatic uses of the 'summary' (idjmal) register in 16th-century Ottoman administrative practice; Population movements and labor mobility in Balkan contexts: a glance at post-1600 Ottoman social realities; Silver production in Rumelia according to an official Ottoman report circa 1600; Tobacco cultivation in northern Syria and conditions of its marketing and distribution in the late 18th century; The construction of a fortress at Mosul in 1631: a case study of an important facet of Ottoman military expenditure; Index. … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 956.015
Turkey -- Civilization -- 1288-1918
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Balkan Peninsula -- Civilization -- Islamic influences - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000938364
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781000944419
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