Istanbul Households: Marriage, Family, and Fertility, 1880-1940

Abstract

The authors combine the methods and approaches of social anthropology historical demography and social history to examine changes in marriage the family and fertility in Turkey in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Istanbul was the first Muslim city to experience a systematic decline in fertility and major changes in family life and as such set the tone for many social and cultural changes in Turkey and the Muslim world. was the major focal point for the forces of westernization of Turkish society processes which not only transformed political and economic institutions in that country but also had a profound and lasting impact on domestic life. A chapter is included on fertility and family planning. (EXCERPT)

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