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Marriage and love in England : modes of reproduction, 1300-1840 / Alan Macfarlane.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HQ 615 .M33 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macfarlane, Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage--England--History.
- Marriage.
- Families--England--History.
- Families.
- Malthusianism.
- Family size--England--History.
- Family size.
- Marriage--history.
- Familia--Gran Bretaña--Historia.
- Maltusianismo.
- England.
- Medical Subjects:
- Marriage--history.
- Local Subjects:
- Familia--Gran Bretaña--Historia.
- Maltusianismo.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 380 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell, 1986.
- Summary:
- This book has been awarded the American Sociological Association, Family Section, William J. Goode Award for 1987.
- Contents:
- I. The Malthusian Marriage System. Charles Darwin and Thomas Malthus
- The importance of Malthusian marriage
- The Malthusian marriage system and its origins
- II. The Value of Children. The benefits and costs of children
- Setting up a separate economic and social unit
- Children as insurance
- III. The Purposes of Marriage. Who controls the marriage decision?
- The purposes of marriage
- Romantic love
- IV. The Rules of Marriage. The duration and durability of marriage
- Status rules concerning marriage
- Economic arrangements at marriage
- Courtship and wedding
- V. Conclusions. The Malthusian marriage system in perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631139923
- 9780631139928
- 0631154388
- 9780631154389
- OCLC:
- 12132519
- Online:
- French equivalent / Équivalent français
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