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Author:

Maksudyan, Nazan, 1977- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xviii, 232 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Orphans--Turkey--History--19th century.
Poor children--Turkey--History--19th century.
Abandoned children--Turkey--History--19th century.
Foster children--Turkey--History--19th century.
Poor girls--Turkey--History--19th century.
Armenians--Turkey--Social conditions--19th century.
Orphanages--Turkey--History--19th century.
Social change--Turkey--History--19th century.
Turkey--Social conditions--19th century.
Turkey--Social policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East

ISBN:

0815633181
9780815633181

OCLC:

(OCoLC)885377998

LCCN:

2014029935

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)