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Similarity in difference : marriage in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900 /

A study of marriage in preindustrial Europe and Asia that goes beyond the Malthusian East--West dichotomy to find variation within regions and commonality across regions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lundh, Christer (Editor ), Kurosu, Satomi (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014.
Colección:MIT Press Eurasian population and family history series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tables, Figures, and Maps; Contributors; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1 Challenging the East-West Binary; 2 Eurasian Marriage: Actorsand Structures; 3 Nuptiality: Local Populations, Sources, and Models; Part II: Comparative Demographies; 4 The Roads to Reproduction: Comparing Life-Course Trajectories in Preindustrial Eurasia; 5 The Influence of Economic Factors on First Marriage in Historical Europe and Asia; 6 Remarriage, Gender, and Rural Households; Part III: Local Histories; 7 Social Norms and Human Agency.
  • 8 Prudence as Obstinate Resistance to Pressure9 Between Constraints and Coercion; 10 Economic and Household Factors of First Marriage inTwo Northeastern Japanese Villages, 1716-1870; 11 Categorical Inequality and Gender Difference; Part IV: Conclusion; 12 Similarities and Differences in Pre-modern Eurasian Marriage; References; Index.