| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 195 pages) : illustrations, maps |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
computer c rdamedia |
|
online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Knowledge Unlatched
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Preliminary remarks -- 2. Conceptualizing plague in Ottoman Islamic thought -- 3. Plague and Ottoman medical thought -- 4. Magic and plague in the Ottoman Empire -- 5. Hamdan Bin El-Merhum Osman and the Ottoman quarantine reform -- 6. Plague and quarantines in the Colonial Era -- 7. Plague, sanitary administration, and the end of Empire -- 8. Towards a new understanding of plague and quarantines in the Ottoman Empire. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
|
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
| Summary |
Did you know that many of the greatest and most colourful Ottoman statesmen and literary figures from the 15th to the early 20th century considered plague as a grave threat to their empire? And did you know that many Ottomans applauded the establishment of a quarantine against the disease in 1838 as a tool to resist British and French political and commercial penetration? Or that later Ottoman sanitation effort to prevent urban outbreaks would help engender the Arab revolt against the empire in 1916? Birsen Bulmus explores these facts in an engaging study of Ottoman plague treatise writers throughout their almost 600-year struggle with this epidemic disease. Along the way, she addresses the political, economic and social consequences of the methods they used to combat it. Key Features Studies the premodern ways in which plague was viewed by Ottoman Islamic thinkers Traces the eventual Ottoman acceptance of quarantines and other modern medical reforms Analyses international debates over plagues and quarantines as a struggle about colonialism and national sovereignty |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Plague -- Turkey -- Historiography.
|
|
Plague -- Political aspects -- Turkey -- Historiography.
|
|
Quarantine -- Turkey -- Historiography.
|
|
Quarantine -- Political aspects -- Turkey -- Historiography.
|
|
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Historiography.
|
|
Politics, Practical.
|
|
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
|
|
Quarantine -- history |
|
Plague -- history |
|
Politics |
|
Ottoman Empire |
|
Turkey |
|
Medicine.
|
|
Public Health.
|
|
Health & Biological Sciences.
|
|
Infectious Diseases.
|
|
Communicable Diseases.
|
|
Empire ottoman -- Histoire.
|
|
Politique.
|
|
politics.
|
|
Biography and True Stories.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
|
|
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
|
|
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
|
|
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
|
|
Politics, Practical
|
|
Historiography
|
|
Turkey https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxmHG9jJjCTM3y4pFRqcP
|
| Chronological Term |
1288-1918
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| In: |
Knowledge Unlatched. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bulmu, Birsen. Plague, quarantines, and geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748646593 (DLC) 2012427098 (OCoLC)775411781 |
| ISBN |
9780748646609 (electronic bk.) |
|
0748646604 (electronic bk.) |
|
9780748646593 (cloth) |
|
0748646590 (cloth) |
|
9780748655472 |
|
0748655476 |
|
9780748655465 |
|
1474423396 |
|
9781474423397 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000058044207 |
|
CHNEW 000950717 |
|
CHVBK 483517844 |
|
DEBBG BV040834125 |
|
DEBBG BV042794236 |
|
DEBSZ 39732037X |
|
GBVCP 1008657255 |
|
GBVCP 896605981 |
|
NZ1 14693561 |
|
UKMGB 017740250 |
|
UKMGB 019112633 |
|
AU@ 000066420191 |
|
AU@ 000073057351 |
|
