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008			151125s1895 mau r 001 0 eng d
040			_aAM-YeNLA _beng _cAM-YeNLA
041	0		_aeng
100	1		_aClement , Clara Erskine
245	1	0	_aConstantinople : _bthe city of the sultans / _cby Clara Erskine Clement.
260			_aBoston : _bEstes and Lauriat, _c[1895].
300			_aiv, 309 p., [20] leaves of plates : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aPlates accompanied by sheets with captions.
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aA history and contemporary cultural commentary by author and traveler Clement. The history includes extensive quotations from other sources, which Clement wove together with her own observations and romantic commentary. After recounting the history of the city from 324 to 1895, Clement includes descriptions of St. Sophia, the antiquities of the city, shops and bazaars, the habits of Turkish ladies (probably upper- and middle-class women), funeral customs, birth, circumcision, marriage customs, "superstitions" and other Islam-specific cultural practices, and finally a chapter on contemporary education.
651		4	_aIstanbul (Turkey) _xHistory
999			_c984514 _d984514