Ottoman Children and Youth during World War I
Nazan Maksudyan
Ottoman Children and Youth during World War I - xv, 210 p., ill.; 23 cm - Contemporary Issues in the Middle East . - Contemporary Issues in the Middle East .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-203) and index.
Introduction : the children's version -- The Great War and state orphanages (darüleytams) -- Ottoman orphan apprentices in Germany -- Children as agents and targets of nationalist politics -- Survival of children during the Armenian genocide -- Conclusion : farewell to childhood?
Maksudyan approaches the experience of World War I in the Ottoman lands from the perspective of social history, focusing on how total mobilization altered the "lives behind the lines" through the testimony of children. She discusses how issues like lack of education, work force shortages, economic dire straits, ethnic hatred, and nationalism affected children's lives, and how these were partially shaped by the children themselves. Ultimately, Maksudyan demonstrates that children, rather than being passive victims or casualties, were engaged in every facet of war.
9780815636458
World War, 1914-1918--Children--Turkey
Children and war--History--Turkey--20th century
Children--Social conditions--Turkey--20th century
Orphans--History--Turkey--20th century
Orphanages--History--Turkey--20th century
Ottoman Children and Youth during World War I - xv, 210 p., ill.; 23 cm - Contemporary Issues in the Middle East . - Contemporary Issues in the Middle East .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-203) and index.
Introduction : the children's version -- The Great War and state orphanages (darüleytams) -- Ottoman orphan apprentices in Germany -- Children as agents and targets of nationalist politics -- Survival of children during the Armenian genocide -- Conclusion : farewell to childhood?
Maksudyan approaches the experience of World War I in the Ottoman lands from the perspective of social history, focusing on how total mobilization altered the "lives behind the lines" through the testimony of children. She discusses how issues like lack of education, work force shortages, economic dire straits, ethnic hatred, and nationalism affected children's lives, and how these were partially shaped by the children themselves. Ultimately, Maksudyan demonstrates that children, rather than being passive victims or casualties, were engaged in every facet of war.
9780815636458
World War, 1914-1918--Children--Turkey
Children and war--History--Turkey--20th century
Children--Social conditions--Turkey--20th century
Orphans--History--Turkey--20th century
Orphanages--History--Turkey--20th century