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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gottlieb, Beatrice, 1925- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--History.

Families.

Civilization, Western--History.

Civilization, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771296-7

0-19-802376-6

1-280-52753-6

1-4294-0545-7

OCLC:

476013297