Machine derived contents note: List of plates -- List of figures -- Note on calendars, weights and currency -- Note on Turkish pronunciation and spelling -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Issues, scope and sources -- 2. City, Mahalle, incomes and subsistence: social and economic framework -- 3. Households and families: structure and flux -- 4. Love and marriage: meanings and transactions -- 5. Marriage age and polygyny: myths and realities -- 6. Fertility and birth control: Istanbul's particularities -- 7. Westernization and new family directions: cultural reconstruction -- 8. Conclusion: civilizational shift -- Glossary of Ottoman-Turkish terms -- Sources and bibliography -- Index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-267) and index