ISBN:
0195073444
,
9780195090567
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 309 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Family in the Western World from the Black Death to the Industrial Age
DDC:
306.8509
Keywords:
Civilization, Western History
;
Genealogy
;
Civilization, Western ; History
;
Genealogy
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Explores the social history of Europe and Colonial America from the onset of the Black Death to the beginning of the Industrial Age, shedding light on the similarities and differences between families of the past and those of today
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; I: A Place and a Social Institution; 1. The Members of the Household; 2. Life in the Household; II: Men and Women in a Special Relationship; 3. Preliminaries to Marriage; 4. Weddings; 5. The Married Couple; III: Procreation and Education; 6. Conception and Birth; 7. Early Childhood; 8. Upbringing; IV: Relatives Past, Present, and Future; 9. Kinship; 10. The Linking of Generations; V: Ideas and Ideals; 11. The Political Role of the Family; 12. The Emotional Role of the Family; Epilogue: Toward the Twenty-first Century; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E
Description / Table of Contents:
FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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