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.
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Gülhan Balsoy Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 12 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 453g ISBN:9781138662001 ISBN 10: 1138662003 Series:"""The Body, Gender and Culture""" Pages: 192 Publication Date:21 January 2016 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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;
