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.
Women--History.--Tunisia
Tunisia--Kings and rulers. Tunisia--History--1516-1881. Tunisia--Politics and government. Tunisia--Court and courtiers--History.