Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire

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In this theoretically and empirically rich account Kent Schull shows how prisons, prisoners, and prison reform fit in the transformation of the Ottoman state in the nineteenth century. By shedding light on a much neglected aspect of Ottoman state practice, this book significantly improves our understanding of one of the most crucial periods in Ottoman history. * Resat Kasaba, Stanley D. Golub Chair, Professor of International Studies, University of Washington * A well-documented contribution to the budding historiography of Middle Eastern prisons but also to the study of late Ottoman reform. Schull cogently argues that Ottoman prison reform as well as Ottoman reform in general were not just imitations of Western examples, but rather distinctly Ottoman responses to internal crises and Western encroachments. * Rudolph Peters, Emeritus Professor of Islamic Law, University of Amsterdam *