{"product_id":"a-companion-to-early-modern-istanbul-9789004444928","title":"A Companion to Early Modern Istanbul","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis multi-disciplinary volume is the first collective effort to explore Istanbul, capital of the vast polyglot, multiethnic, and multireligious Ottoman empire and home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse urban populations, as an early modern metropolis.   It assembles topics seldom treated together and embraces novel subjects and fresh approaches to older debates. Contributors crisscross the socioeconomic, political, cultural, environmental, and spatial, to examine the myriad human and non-human actors, local and global, that shaped the city into one of the key sites of early modern urbanity.   Contributors are: Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano , Zeynep Altok, Walter G. Andrews, Betül Başaran, Cem Behar, Maurits H. van den Boogert, John J. Curry, Linda T. Darling, Suraiya Faroqhi, Emine Fetvacı, Shirine Hamadeh, Cemal Kafadar, Çiğdem Kafescioğlu, Deniz Karakaş, Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik, B. Harun Küçük, Selim S. Kuru, Karen A. Leal, Gülru Necipoğlu, Christoph K. Neumann, Aslı Niyazioğlu, Amanda Phillips, Marinos Sariyannis, Aleksandar Shopov, Lucienne Thys-Şenocak, Nükhet Varlık, N. Zeynep Yelçe, Gülay Yılmaz, and Zeynep Yürekli.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Note on Transliteration  List of Figures and Tables  Abbreviations  Contributors  Maps     1 Early Modern Istanbul   Shirine Hamadeh and Çiğdem Kafescioğlu    2 The City Opens Your Eyes Because It Wants to Be Seen   The Conspicuity and Lure of Early Modern Istanbul   Cemal Kafadar    Part 1: Istanbulites of City and Court  3 Istanbul: A City of Men   Selim S. Kuru    4 Women in the City   Lucienne Thys-Şenocak    5 Elites’ Networks and Mobility   Christoph K. Neumann    6 Palace and City Ceremonials   N. Zeynep Yelçe    7 Courtly Spaces: Visual and Material Culture   Emine Fetvacı    Part 2: Spaces and Landscapes of Production  8 Volatile Urban Landscapes between Mythical Space and Time   Gülru Necipoğlu    9 Merchants and Global Connections   Maurits H. van den Boogert    10 Artisans and Guilds   Practices, Negotiations, and Conflicts   Suraiya Faroqhi    11 When Istanbul Was a City of Bostāns   Urban Agriculture and Agriculturists   Aleksandar Shopov    12 Water for the City   Builders, Technology, and Private Initiative   Deniz Karakaş    Part 3: Everyday Lives and Spaces of Habitation  13 Neighborhood and Family Lives   Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik    14 Communal Matters   Karen A. Leal    15 Crafts and Everyday Consumption   Amanda Phillips    16 Death in Istanbul   Plagues, Fires, and Other Catastrophes   Nükhet Varlık    17 Crime, Violence, and Urban Policing   Betül Başaran    Part 4: Streets and Publics  18 Sociability, Public Life, and Decorum   Marinos Sariyannis    19 Sufi Spaces and Practices   John J. Curry    20 The Sultan, His Monument, and the Critical Public   Zeynep Yürekli    21 Urban Protests, Rebellions, and Revolts   Gülay Yılmaz    22 The 18th-Century “Istanbul Tale”   Prose Tales and Beyond   Zeynep Altok    Part 5: Spaces of Thought and Imagination  23 Science and Technology   B. Harun Küçük    24 Music and Musicians in the City   Cem Behar    25 Poets, Sufis, and Their City Tours   Aslı Niyazioğlu    26 The Poetics of Istanbul: The City of Cities   Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano and Walter G. Andrews    27 Istanbul Elites and Political Writing   Linda T. Darling    Select Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210812350807,"sku":"9789004444928","price":190.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-early-modern-istanbul-9789004444928","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}