ISBN:
9781137327796
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (303 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Martin, Bry [Rezension von: Schutte, Kimberly, Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000: An Open Elite?] 2015
Series Statement:
Studies in Modern History
Series Statement:
Studies in Modern History Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485-2000 : An Open Elite?
DDC:
306.810941
Keywords:
Sociology
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Abstract:
Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War.
Abstract:
〈p 〉Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women''s marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Marriages of Aristocratic British Women and Stability of Rank Identity, 1485-2000; Prologue: Identity and Rank; Part I: The Statistical Side of the Story; 1 The Basic Marriage Patterns; 2 ""British"" Marriages; 3 An Open Aristocracy?; Part II: The Less Statistical Aspects of the Story; 4 The Marriage Market; 5 Practical Considerations in Securing a Husband; 6 Kinship Groups; 7 Elopement and Defiant Matches: Marrying Outside the Bounds of Propriety; Conclusion; Biographical Appendix; Notes; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
Note:
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