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The Family and Family Relationships, 1500-1900

England, France and the United States of America

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  • © 1994
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Authors:
  1. Rosemary O’Day

    1. The Open University, UK

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Part of the book series: Themes in Comparative History (TCH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The World that Slips through our Fingers: A Framework for the History of the Family

    • Rosemary O’Day
    Pages 1-28

  3. The Prescriptive Family, c.1450–1700

    • Rosemary O’Day
    Pages 29-63

  4. The Descriptive Family — 1: The Wider Family

    • Rosemary O’Day
    Pages 64-128

  5. The Descriptive Family — 2: Co-Resident Relations

    • Rosemary O’Day
    Pages 129-218

  6. A Day’s Work for a Day’s Victuals: The Families of the Very Poor

    • Rosemary O’Day
    Pages 219-265

  7. Conclusion

    • Rosemary O’Day
    Pages 266-275

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 276-344
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About this book

While historians have written with ease about the state and the church, the family has so far defied historical analysis. As the primary cell of human social organisation, upon which both state and church depend, it is of crucial importance. In this concise, informative and stimulating book, Rosemary O'Day seeks to explain the difficulties facing the historian of the family and to suggest strategies for their solution. She compares families and households in time, space and economy over the period 1500-1914 and draws together the important existing work.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Open University, UK

    Rosemary O’Day

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Family and Family Relationships, 1500-1900

  • Book Subtitle: England, France and the United States of America

  • Authors: Rosemary O’Day

  • Series Title: Themes in Comparative History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23654-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 368

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Social History

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