The Rise of the Egalitarian Family: Aristocratic Kinship and Domestic Relations in Eighteenth-Century England (Studies in social discontinuity)

The Rise of the Egalitarian Family: Aristocratic Kinship and Domestic Relations in Eighteenth-Century England illustrates the two major changes that the European family has undergone in the thousand years of its history. The book discusses kindred and patrilineage; settlement and marriage; as well as patriarchy and domesticity. The text also describes childbearing; the relationship of mothers and infants; fathers and children relationship. Moralists, historians, and people interested in this type of writing will find the book invaluable. Content: Inside Front Cover One , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v List of Illustrations , Page ix List of Tables , Page xi Acknowledgments , Pages xiii-xv List of Abbreviations , Pages xvii-xviii Inside Front Cover Two , Page xx Introduction , Pages 1-11 I - Kindred and Patrilineage , Pages 12-67 II - Settlement and Marriage , Pages 68-117 III - Patriarchy and Domesticity , Pages 118-163 IV - Childbearing , Pages 164-185 V - Mothers and Infants , Pages 186-235 VI - Fathers and Children , Pages 236-285 Conclusion , Pages 287-292 APPENDIX A - Kinship Terminology , Pages 293-296 APPENDIX B - Sources for the History of Settlement , Pages 297-298 Bibliography , Pages 299-313 Index , Pages 315-324 STUDIES IN SOCIAL DISCONTINUITY , Pages 325-326 Randolph Trumbach. Based On The Author's Thesis, Johns Hopkins University, 1972. Bibliography: P. 299-313.