The Transmission of Well-Being - Gendered Marriage Strategies and Inheritance Systems in Europe (17th-20th Centuries) (Paperback, New edition)

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 pre-dominant 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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	2010
Editors:	Margarida Duraes • Antoinette Fauve-chamoux • LIorenc Ferrer i Alos • Jan Kok
Dimensions:	225 x 155 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	526
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430056-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-03-430056-5
Barcode:	9783034300568

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