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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777626003321

Autore

Gottlieb Beatrice <1925->

Titolo

The family in the Western world from the Black Death to the industrial age / / Beatrice Gottlieb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

0-19-771296-7

0-19-802376-6

1-280-52753-6

1-4294-0545-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 pages)

Disciplina

306.8509

Soggetti

Genealogy

Civilization, Western - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.