Orphans and destitute children in the late Ottoman Empire
By: Nazan Maksudyan
Edition: First edition.
Series: Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Syracuse, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780815633181; 9780815652977
Subjects: Orphans; History; Poor children; Abandoned children; Foster children; Poor girls; Armenians; Social conditions; Orphanages; Social change; Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: A note on transliteration; title: List of transliterated words and phrases; title: Introduction: Ottoman children's "history from below"; title: The politics of child abandonment; title: Private negotiation of child fosterage; title: State orphanages (islahhanes); title: The internationalization of orphans; title: Conclusion: Ottoman children as historical actors.