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Informationen zum Autor Ebru Boyar is Assistant Professor in the International Relations Department at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara. Her previous publications include The Ottomans and Trade (edited with Kate Fleet, 2006) and Ottomans, Turks and the Balkans: Empire Lost, Relations Altered (2007). Kate Fleet is Director of the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, and Newton Lecturer in Ottoman History in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge. Her previous publications include The Ottoman Capitulations: Text and Context (edited with van den Boogert, 2003) and The Cambridge History of Turkey, Vol. I. Byzantium to Turkey, 1071–1453 (edited, Cambridge, 2008). Klappentext Using a wealth of contemporary Ottoman sources! this book recreates the social history of Istanbul. Zusammenfassung Using a wealth of contemporary Ottoman sources! this book recreates the social history of Istanbul! a huge! cosmopolitan metropolis and imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire. The authors capture the lives of those who lived in this vibrant! violent! luxurious and cosmopolitan city through intimate portraits. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Conquest; 2. The palace and the populace; 3. Fear and death; 4. Welfare; 5. The consuming city; 6. Outings and excursions; 7. The hamam; 8. The nineteenth century; Beyond the city; Chronology; Who's who.
