As night falls : eighteenth-century Ottoman cities after dark / Avner Wishnitzer (Tel Aviv University).
| Author/creator |
Wishnitzer, Avner, 1976- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Notice | 2021 |
| Description | xiii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Contents | Disquieting -- Order invisible -- The urban subconscious -- Ambivalence and ambiguity -- Manufacturing light -- Shining power -- Night battles -- Conclusion: Dawn of a new night? |
| Abstract | "In a world that is constantly awake, illuminated and exposed, there is much to gain from looking into the darkness of times past. This fascinating and vivid picture of nocturnal life in Middle Eastern cities shows that the night in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire created unique conditions for economic, criminal, political, devotional and leisurely pursuits that were hardly possible during the day. Offering the possibility of livelihood and brotherhood, pleasure and refuge; the darkness allowed confiding, hiding and conspiring - activities which had far-reaching consequences on Ottoman state and society in the early modern period. Instead of dismissing the night as merely a dark corridor between days, As Night Falls demonstrates how fundamental these nocturnal hours have been in shaping the major social, cultural and political processes in the early modern Middle East"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Wishnitzer, Avner, As night falls New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108933131 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021004266 |
| ISBN | 9781108832144 |
| ISBN | 1108832148 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781108927772 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108927777 paperback |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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