Orphans and destitute children in the late Ottoman Empire / Nazan Maksudyan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maksudyan, Nazan, 1977- author.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphans--Turkey--History--19th century.

Orphans.

Poor children--Turkey--History--19th century.

Poor children.

Abandoned children--Turkey--History--19th century.

Abandoned children.

Foster children--Turkey--History--19th century.

Foster children.

Poor girls--Turkey--History--19th century.

Poor girls.

Armenians--Turkey--Social conditions--19th century.

Armenians.

Orphanages--Turkey--History--19th century.

Orphanages.

Social change--Turkey--History--19th century.

Social change.

Social policy.

Social conditions.

History.

Turkey--Social conditions--19th century.

Turkey.

Turkey--Social policy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 232 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

Contents:

A note on transliteration

Transliterated words and phrases

Introduction: Ottoman children's "history from below"

The politics of child abandonment

Private negotiation of child fosterage

State orphanages (islahhanes)

The internationalization of orphans

Conclusion: Ottoman children as historical actors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815633181

0815633181

OCLC:

885377998