02970nam 22007334a 450 991097162090332120200520144314.09780674054141067405414810.4159/9780674054141(CKB)2670000000040432(OCoLC)648757478(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402517(SSID)ssj0000420430(PQKBManifestationID)11308551(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420430(PQKBWorkID)10392376(PQKB)11282983(MiAaPQ)EBC3300853(DE-B1597)457683(OCoLC)979574291(DE-B1597)9780674054141(Au-PeEL)EBL3300853(CaPaEBR)ebr10402517(Perlego)1147348(EXLCZ)99267000000004043220090421d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIncest & influence the private life of bourgeois England /Adam Kuper1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (305 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674035898 0674035895 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Incest and influenceConsanguinityEnglandHistory19th centuryCross-cousin marriageEnglandHistory19th centuryIncestSocial aspectsEnglandHistory19th centuryDomestic relationsEnglandHistory19th centuryMiddle classEnglandHistory19th centuryElite (Social sciences)EnglandHistory19th centuryConsanguinityHistoryCross-cousin marriageHistoryIncestSocial aspectsHistoryDomestic relationsHistoryMiddle classHistoryElite (Social sciences)History306.85086/22094209034Kuper Adam143565MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971620903321Incest & influence4356664UNINA