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Kallander, Amy Aisen, 1978-

Women, gender, and the palace households in Ottoman Tunisia [electronic resource] / by Amy Aisen Kallander. - 1st ed. - Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, c2013. - xvi, 269 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--History.--Tunisia

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tunisia--Kings and rulers.
Tunisia--History--1516-1881.
Tunisia--Politics and government.
Tunisia--Court and courtiers--History.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ1792 / .K35 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4821096110903