TY - BOOK ID - 86135329 TI - As night falls : eighteenth century Ottoman cities after dark PY - 2021 SN - 1108933130 1108934390 1108832148 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Nightlife KW - History KW - Istanbul (Turkey) KW - Jerusalem KW - Turkey KW - Social life and customs KW - Politics and government KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Night life KW - Amusements KW - Manners and customs KW - Stamboul (Turkey) KW - Stampōl (Turkey) KW - Stambul (Turkey) KW - Stěmpol (Turkey) KW - T︠S︡arigrad (Turkey) KW - Istāmbūl (Turkey) KW - T︠S︡arʹgrad (Turkey) KW - Āsitānah (Turkey) KW - Ḳushṭa (Turkey) KW - İstanbul Büyük Şehir Belediyesi (Turkey) KW - Greater Istanbul Municipality (Turkey) KW - İstanbul Anakent Belediyesi (Turkey) KW - İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Turkey) KW - Polē (Turkey) KW - Estambul (Turkey) KW - Baladīyat Isṭānbūl (Turkey) KW - Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey) KW - Constantinople KW - Ottoman Empire KW - Ierusalim KW - Иерусалим KW - Yerushalayim KW - Jeruzalem KW - Quds KW - Ūrushalīm KW - Kuds KW - Kouds KW - Erusaghēm KW - Bayt al-Maqdis KW - Jeruzsálem KW - Jerusalem (Israel) KW - Jerusalem (Palestine) KW - ʻIriyat Yerushalayim KW - Ierousalēm KW - Gerusalemme KW - Baladīyat al-Quds KW - Baladīyat al-Quds al-ʻArabīyah KW - Jerusalem Arab Municipality KW - Qods (Jerusalem) KW - ירושלים KW - القدس KW - al-Quds KW - قدس KW - Jerusalén KW - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86135329 AB - 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. ER -