Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire /
Bulmuş, Birsen,
Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire / Birsen Bulmus̜. - 1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations, maps - Knowledge Unlatched . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
Open Access
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
English.
9781474423397
Historiography.
Politics, Practical.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
Biography and True Stories.
politics.
Politique.
Communicable Diseases.
Infectious Diseases.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Public Health.
Medicine.
Politics
Plague--history
Quarantine--history
Politics, Practical.
Quarantine--Political aspects--Historiography.--Turkey
Quarantine--Historiography.--Turkey
Plague--Political aspects--Historiography.--Turkey
Plague--Historiography.--Turkey
Turkey.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Turkey--History--Historiography.--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
History.
Electronic books.
Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire / Birsen Bulmus̜. - 1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations, maps - Knowledge Unlatched . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
Open Access
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
English.
9781474423397
Historiography.
Politics, Practical.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
Biography and True Stories.
politics.
Politique.
Communicable Diseases.
Infectious Diseases.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Public Health.
Medicine.
Politics
Plague--history
Quarantine--history
Politics, Practical.
Quarantine--Political aspects--Historiography.--Turkey
Quarantine--Historiography.--Turkey
Plague--Political aspects--Historiography.--Turkey
Plague--Historiography.--Turkey
Turkey.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Turkey--History--Historiography.--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
History.
Electronic books.