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Natural disasters in the Ottoman Empire : plague, famine, and other misfortunes
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Bibliogr. Zusammenhang: | Print version:
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| ISBN: | 9781139680943 1139680943 9781107072978 1107072972 9781107421295 1107421292 |
| Anmerkungen: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
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| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781139680943 |
| wird zitiert von: | 15 Titel im Zitationsindex COCI |
| Zusammenfassung: | This book explores the history of natural disasters in the Ottoman Empire and the responses to them on the state, communal, and individual levels. Yaron Ayalon argues that religious boundaries between Muslims and non-Muslims were far less significant in Ottoman society than commonly believed. Furthermore, the emphasis on Islamic principles and the presence of Islamic symbols in the public domain were measures the state took to enhance its reputation and political capital - occasional discrimination of non-Muslims was only a by-product of these measures. This study sheds new light on flight and behavioral patterns in response to impending disasters by combining historical evidence with studies in social psychology and sociology. Employing an approach that mixes environmental and social history with the psychology of disasters, this work asserts that the handling of such disasters was crucial to both the rise and the fall of the Ottoman Empire Introduction -- 1. The black death and the rise of the Ottomans -- 2. Natural disasters and the Ottoman state -- 3. Natural disasters and Ottoman communities -- 4. Individuals face disasters -- 5. Natural disasters at the end of empire -- Conclusion |