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Autore |
Kuper Adam |
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Titolo |
Incest & influence [[electronic resource] ] : the private life of bourgeois England / / Adam Kuper |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consanguinity - England - History - 19th century |
Cross-cousin marriage - England - History - 19th century |
Incest - Social aspects - England - History - 19th century |
Domestic relations - England - History - 19th century |
Middle class - England - History - 19th century |
Elite (Social sciences) - England - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The romance of incest and the love of cousins -- The law of incest -- The science of incest and heredity -- The family business -- Wilberforce and the Clapham sect -- Difficulties with siblings -- The bourgeois intellectuals -- The Bloomsbury version. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Like many gentlemen of his time, Charles Darwin married his first cousin. In fact, marriages between close relatives were commonplace in nineteenth-century England, and Adam Kuper argues that they played a crucial role in the rise of the bourgeoisie. This groundbreaking study brings out the connection between private lives, public fortunes, and the history of imperial Britain. |
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