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Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations

Essays in Historical Sociology

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Hardcover | 26 September 1977

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This is a book about the history of family life in several senses. The author puts forward a thesis about the European family in relation to the conspicuous differences between European economic and social development and that of the rest of the world. He discusses the numbers and functions of servants, the numbers and situation of orphans and the aged, and the difficult question of whether American slaves lived in families at all. There is an extended analysis of the extraordinary turnover in population in England and in Europe in pre-industrial times, and a full discussion of the figures for English illegitimacy since Shakespeare's day. There is also a consideration of the elusive topic of the age of sexual maturity and its variations over time. The book represents some of the results of the first fifteen years of work in the newly instituted subject of historical sociology with particular reference to the family.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History History of the Americas Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Family & Relationships Society & Culture Social Groups Age Groups Age Groups for Children Specific Events & Topics in History

Social & Cultural History European History British & Irish History

Introduction: the necessity of a historical sociology
Characteristics of the Western family considered over time
Clayworth and Cogenhoe
Long-term trends in bastardy in England
Parental deprivation in the past: a note on orphans and stepparenthood in English history
The history of aging and the aged
Age at sexual maturity in Europe since the Middle Ages
Household and family on the slave plantations of the USA
Bibliography
Index
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Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations

Essays in Historical Sociology

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