Family Life in the Ottoman Mediterranean : A Social History (Paperback)

1. Maryam's final word; 2. Hamida's children come of age: the shari?a court and its archives; 3. The different designs of Husayn and ?Abd al-Wahid: the waqf as a family charter; 4. Good deeds: the family waqf as a social act; 5. Who's in? Who's out? The waqf as a boundary marker; 6. Property and gender: the political economy of difference; 7. Fatima's determination; Bibliography; Index.