A Social History of Ottoman Istanbul

by Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet

Book Overview

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. Seat of the Sultan and an opulent international emporium, Istanbul was also a city of violence shaken regularly by natural disasters and by the turmoil of sultanic politics and violent revolt. Its inhabitants, entertained by imperial festivities and cared for by the great pious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521136237
• ISBN13: 9780521136235
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"