The Transmission of Well-Being : Gendered Marriage Strategies and Inheritance Systems in Europe (17th-20th Centuries)
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3034300565
ISBN-13
9783034300568
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 5th, 2009
Print length
526 Pages
Weight
788 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 22.50 x 4.10 cms
Ksh 12,800.00
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What does well-being mean when we talk about men and women in the past? Their sheer chances of survival, their protection from want, their social status, their individual agency and their self-esteem were all strongly mediated by the family, the predominant social institution. Family laws and customs of family formation created differences between insiders and outsiders in terms of well-being. Within families, there were strong differences in autonomy, status and freedom between the genders and generations. The book offers a fascinating exploration of gender differences in well-being in many regions of historic Europe, with some comparative perspectives. It explores how historic family systems differed with respect to choosing a marriage partner, transmitting property, living and care conditions of widows and widowers and the position of children born out of wedlock.
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