As Night Falls: Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Cities after Dark
Autor Avner Wishnitzeren Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781108832144
ISBN-10: 1108832148
Pagini: 388
Dimensiuni: 158 x 234 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1108832148
Pagini: 388
Dimensiuni: 158 x 234 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction; I. Nocturnal Realities: 1. Disquieting; 2. Order Invisible; 3. The Urban Subconscious; 4. Ambivalence and Ambiguity; 5. Manufacturing Light; II. Dark Politics; 6. Shining Power; 7. Night Battles; Conclusion: Dawn of a New Night?
Recenzii
'One of the most stunning books that I have read in many years. Powerfully conceived and rigorously researched, As Night Falls not only makes a seismic contribution to our knowledge of Middle Eastern history, but it is also essential reading for anyone with an interest in the forgotten half of everyday life - night's wonders, perils, and promise, which Wishnitzer probes with clarity and brilliance.' A. Roger Ekirch, Virginia Tech
'From nocturnal prayers, drinking parties, and imperial fireworks to analyses of the cost and extent of everyday domestic lighting, this study of the night in Ottoman cities chronicles a vast range of experience. Wishnitzer focuses on the infinite gradations of pre-industrial light and darkness to deepen our understanding of their symbolic and sociological possibilities. This work impressively expands the history of sleep and the night beyond Western Europe and North America.' Craig Koslofsky, University of Illinois
'Wishnitzer takes us into dark and 'benighted' corners of early modern Ottoman cities, opening up a whole noctural world and its ecology. Engagingly written and based on an impressive mastery of sources, As Night Falls is a social history of night that will appeal to Ottoman historians and early modernists alike.' Ethan L. Menchinger, University of Manchester
'By examining different forms of collective actions at night in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, Wishnitzer illustrates surprising links between political actors, such as the Janissaries, artisans and religious orders with rhythms of time between light and dark, silence and sound, loneliness and crowdedness. This is an important milestone for the reconceptualization of Ottoman urban history and political culture.' Ali Yaycıoğlu, Stanford University
'Avner Wishnitzer's illuminating book draws us into the world of darkness. A source of fear and insecurity, the night also brought with it the ability to conceal, to know but not to be seen to know, and the space for illicit entertainment and black-market trading.' Kate Fleet, A History Today Book of the Year
'… an important contribution to the social history of Ottoman cities during the early modern period.' Fariba Zarinebaf, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History
'From nocturnal prayers, drinking parties, and imperial fireworks to analyses of the cost and extent of everyday domestic lighting, this study of the night in Ottoman cities chronicles a vast range of experience. Wishnitzer focuses on the infinite gradations of pre-industrial light and darkness to deepen our understanding of their symbolic and sociological possibilities. This work impressively expands the history of sleep and the night beyond Western Europe and North America.' Craig Koslofsky, University of Illinois
'Wishnitzer takes us into dark and 'benighted' corners of early modern Ottoman cities, opening up a whole noctural world and its ecology. Engagingly written and based on an impressive mastery of sources, As Night Falls is a social history of night that will appeal to Ottoman historians and early modernists alike.' Ethan L. Menchinger, University of Manchester
'By examining different forms of collective actions at night in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, Wishnitzer illustrates surprising links between political actors, such as the Janissaries, artisans and religious orders with rhythms of time between light and dark, silence and sound, loneliness and crowdedness. This is an important milestone for the reconceptualization of Ottoman urban history and political culture.' Ali Yaycıoğlu, Stanford University
'Avner Wishnitzer's illuminating book draws us into the world of darkness. A source of fear and insecurity, the night also brought with it the ability to conceal, to know but not to be seen to know, and the space for illicit entertainment and black-market trading.' Kate Fleet, A History Today Book of the Year
'… an important contribution to the social history of Ottoman cities during the early modern period.' Fariba Zarinebaf, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History
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Descriere
A fascinating and vivid picture of the perils and promises of nocturnal life in cities in the early modern Middle East.