Natural Disasters in the Ottoman Empire: Plague, Famine, and Other Misfortunes

Cambridge University Press - Reprint 2017,

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Author

Ayalon Yaron

Publishers

Cambridge University Press, Reprint 2017

Keyword

Turchia Turkey Turquie

Binding description

Dust jacket

State of preservation

As New

Binding

Hardcover

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First edition

Description

8vo, br. ed. pp.264. 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.