Children and childhood in the Ottoman empire : from the 15th to the 20th century / edited by Gülay Yılmaz, Fruma Zachs.
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TextSeries: Edinburgh studies on the Ottoman EmpirePublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021Copyright date: 2021Description: xxii, 408 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1474455387; 9781474455381Subject(s): Children -- Middle East -- History | Children -- Turkey -- History | Children -- Balkan Peninsula -- History | Children | Children -- Middle East -- History | Children -- Turkey -- History | Children -- Balkan Peninsula -- History | Balkan Peninsula | Middle East | TurkeyGenre/Form: History.Additional physical formats: Ebook version :: No titleDDC classification: 305.230956 LOC classification: HQ792.B97 | C45 2021Online resources: Download e-book as pdf Summary: How did adults, religious institutions and the state view children during the Ottoman Empire? This volume gathers specialists in the social history of the Ottoman Empire as a whole? in regions ranging from Anatolia through the Arab provinces to the Balkans, and from the 15th to the early 20th century? to respond to recent theoretical calls to recognise children as active agents in history.0Divided into 5 thematic sections? concepts of childhood, family interrelationships, children outside family circles, children?s bodies and education? the volume covers the social and political structure of the Ottoman Empire. It uses the innovative prism of children as social agents who are not only shaped by but also shape society, rather than being the passive recipients of their social environment.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
How did adults, religious institutions and the state view children during the Ottoman Empire? This volume gathers specialists in the social history of the Ottoman Empire as a whole? in regions ranging from Anatolia through the Arab provinces to the Balkans, and from the 15th to the early 20th century? to respond to recent theoretical calls to recognise children as active agents in history.0Divided into 5 thematic sections? concepts of childhood, family interrelationships, children outside family circles, children?s bodies and education? the volume covers the social and political structure of the Ottoman Empire. It uses the innovative prism of children as social agents who are not only shaped by but also shape society, rather than being the passive recipients of their social environment.