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Women in the Ottoman empire : a social and political history / Suraiya Faroqhi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faroqhi, Suraiya, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Turkey--History.
- Women.
- Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
- Turkey.
- Women--Turkey--Social conditions.
- Women--Political activity--Turkey.
- Social classes--Turkey--History.
- Social classes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 304 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : I. B. Tauris, 2023.
- Contents:
- List of FiguresAcknowledgementsA note on spelling and transliterationIntroduction Prologue: A conspectus of Ottoman history 1. Ottoman women, Ottoman history: Coping with a changing world Part I (1500s to about 1700)2. The legal framework of family life 3. Dependent on work, investments and charity 4. Exceptionally talented, exceptionally active: women of distinction Part II (about 1700-1870s)5. Ottoman diversity: Female agency and survival in Ottoman Syria and Egypt 6. Ottoman diversity: Coping with relatives, the state and dependent capitalism Part III (1870-1918)7. Female teachers, journalists and actors: education as a source of survival skills8. Before 1912: Making a living through family relations, work and charity
- and occasionally turning to crime9. In profound distress:Struggling to survive the disintegration of the empire (1912-18) Conclusion Suggestions for further reading: A bibliographical essay NotesTimelineGlossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9780755638277
- 0755638271
- 9780755638291
- 0755638298
- 9780755638284
- 075563828X
- Publisher Number:
- 40031599337
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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