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Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 134 p. Contents: Introduction; 1. "Women, Law and Imperial Justice in the Ottoman Empire", Published originally in Women, Family and Divorce Laws in Islamic Society, ed. By Amira Sonbol (Syracuse University Press. 1996).; 2. "Women and the Tradition of Seeking Justice in Ottoman Istanbul in the Late Seventeenth-Century", Published originally in Women in the Ottoman Empire, Middle Eastern Women in the Early Modern Era, edited by Madeline Zilfi (Leiden; E.J. Brill, 1997).; 3. "Ottoman Women and the Public Eye in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul", Published originally in Women in the Medieval Islamic World, edited by Gavin Hambly (St. Martin's Press, 1998).; 4. The Role of Women in the Urban Economy of Istanbul, 1700-1850", Published originally in International Journal of Labor and Working-Class History, 60 (Fall 2001). "reprinted with permission"; 5. "From Mahalle (neighborhood) to the market and the Courts: Women, Credit and Property in Istanbul," Published originally in Gender, Kinship and Property in the Wider Mediterranean: Center and Peripheries (1300-1800), edited by Jutta Sperling and Shona Wray (Routledge, 2010).; 6. "Gendering Urban Space: Women's Smaller Vakfs in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul", Published originally in Beyond the Exotic, Women's Histories in Islamic Societies, ed. by Amira El-Azhary Sonbol (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press; 7. "Economic Activities of Safavid Women in the Shrine-City of Ardabil", Published originally in Iranian Studies, vol. 31 (Spring 1998); 8. "The Wealth of Ottoman Princesses during the Tulip period", Published originally at The Great Ottoman-Turkish Civilization, vol. 2 (Ankara, 2000). 9. Appendix: Ottoman Documents in English Translation (by the author); Glossary.