Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire
Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire

Author: Birsen Bulmus

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2012-04-04

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1474423396

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A sweeping examination of Ottoman plague treatise writers from the Black Death until 1923Were you aware 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? 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 efforts to prevent urban outbreaks would help engender the Arab revolt against the empire in 1916? ...

Stay Cool
Stay Cool

Author: Aaron Sachs

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2023-04-04

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1479819395

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"A light-hearted guide to the history of dark comedy and its relevance to the struggle against climate change"--

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies

Author: Jeremy Tambling

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-29

Total Pages: 1977

ISBN-13: 3319624199

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This encyclopaedia will be an indispensable resource and recourse for all who are thinking about cities and the urban, and the relation of cities to literature, and to ways of writing about cities. Covering a vast terrain, this work will include entries on theorists, individual writers, individual cities, countries, cities in relation to the arts, film and music, urban space, pre/early and modern cities, concepts and movements and definitions amongst others. Written by an international team of contributors, this will be the first resource of its kind to pull together such a comprehensive overview of the field.

A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year

Author: Daniel Defoe

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2010-09-09

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0199572836

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A Journal of the Plague Year is Defoe's fictional reconstruction of the effects of the Great Plague of 1665 on London. He brings vividly to life the devastation and suffering wrought by the disease,and its effect on the city. This revised edition includes comprehensive notes, a complete topographical index, and a new introduction.