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Author Kallander, Amy Aisen, 1978-

Title Women, gender, and the palace households in Ottoman Tunisia [electronic resource] / by Amy Aisen Kallander.

Imprint Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, c2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 269 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I. Family foundations of Ottoman rule -- Introduction. Families, households, and palace women in early modern court culture -- Family and the politics of marriage: the early Ottoman era in Tunis (1574/1756) -- Part II. Family and provincial government, 1756/1840 -- The prosperous palace -- Women's worlds -- Beyond Bardo -- Part III. Nineteenth-century transformations -- The constitution, financial reform, and the modern family -- Inventing dynastic traditions: family politics of French colonialism -- Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Women -- Tunisia -- History.
Tunisia -- Kings and rulers.
Tunisia -- History -- 1516-1881.
Tunisia -- Politics and government.
Tunisia -- Court and courtiers -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780292748385 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292753921 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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