1st Edition
The Politics of Reproduction in Ottoman Society, 1838–1900
By Gülhan Balsoy
Copyright 2013
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Epidemics, migration and territorial losses led to population decline in early nineteenth-century Turkey. In response, Ottoman elites began a programme of population growth. Balsoy uses previously untapped archival sources to examine these developments, arguing that these changes caused reproduction to become a political experience.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Besi??m Ömer and Writing the History of Midwifery and Childbirth; Chapter 2 The Transformation of Midwifery; Chapter 3 Abortion, Power and Agency; Chapter 4 Pregnancy as a Site of Medical Intervention; Chapter 5 Infertility as a Public Problem; conclusion Conclusion: Gendering Nineteenthcentury Ottoman History;
Biography
Gülhan Balsoy
