The Kin Who Count : : Family and Society in Ottoman Aleppo, 1770-1840 / / Margaret L. Meriwether.
The history of the Middle Eastern family presents as many questions as there are currently answers. Who lived together in the household? Who married whom and for how long? Who got a piece of the patrimonial pie? These are the questions that Margaret Meriwether investigates in this groundbreaking stu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- ONE. Family and Lineage: Aleppo's Notables
- TWO. Family and Household
- THREE. Marriage Bonds and Marriage Partners
- FOUR. Inheritance and Family Structure
- FIVE. Endowment and Family Structure
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX ONE. The Notable Families of Aleppo
- APPENDIX TWO. Selected Genealogies
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index