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Author Duben, Alan.

Title Istanbul households : marriage, family, and fertility, 1880-1940 / Alan Duben and Cem Behar
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991

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 MELB  306.809561 Dub/Ihm  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 15
Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 15
Contents 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
Subject Families -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 19th century.
Families -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Families -- Istanbul -- History -- 19th century
Families -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century
Households -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- 19th century -- Statistics -- History
Households -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- 20th century -- Statistics -- History
Marriage -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 19th century.
Marriage -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 20th century.
Author Behar, Cem, 1946-
LC no. 90033133
ISBN 0521383757 (hardback)
0521523036 (paperback)