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This collection investigates intermarriage and related
relationships around the world since the eighteenth century. The
contributors explore how intimate relationships challenged boundary
crossings of various kinds – social, geographic, religious,
ethnic. To this end, the volume considers a range of related
issues: Who participated in these unions? How common were they, and
in which circumstances were they practised (or banned)? Taking a
global view, the book also questions some of the categories behind
these relationships. For example, how did geographical boundaries
– across national lines, distinctions between colonies and
metropoles or metaphors of the ‘East’ and the ‘West’ –
shape the treatment of intermarriage? What role have social and
symbolic boundaries, such as presumed racial, religious or
socio-economic divides, played? To what extent and how were those
boundaries blurred in the eyes of contemporaries? Not least, how
have bureaucracies and law contributed to the creation of
boundaries preventing romantic unions? Intimate relationships, the
contributors suggest, brought into sharp relief assumptions not
only about community and culture, but also about the sanctity of
the sphere of love and family. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of The History of the
Family.
This collection investigates intermarriage and related
relationships around the world since the eighteenth century. The
contributors explore how intimate relationships challenged boundary
crossings of various kinds - social, geographic, religious, ethnic.
To this end, the volume considers a range of related issues: Who
participated in these unions? How common were they, and in which
circumstances were they practised (or banned)? Taking a global
view, the book also questions some of the categories behind these
relationships. For example, how did geographical boundaries -
across national lines, distinctions between colonies and metropoles
or metaphors of the 'East' and the 'West' - shape the treatment of
intermarriage? What role have social and symbolic boundaries, such
as presumed racial, religious or socio-economic divides, played? To
what extent and how were those boundaries blurred in the eyes of
contemporaries? Not least, how have bureaucracies and law
contributed to the creation of boundaries preventing romantic
unions? Intimate relationships, the contributors suggest, brought
into sharp relief assumptions not only about community and culture,
but also about the sanctity of the sphere of love and family. The
chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue
of The History of the Family.
Marriage, Law and Modernity offers a global perspective on the
modern history of marriage. Widespread recent debate has focused on
the changing nature of families, characterized by both the rise of
unmarried cohabitation and the legalization of same-sex marriage.
However, historical understanding of these developments remains
limited. How has marriage come to be the target of national
legislation? Are recent policies on same-sex marriage part of a
broader transformation? And, has marriage come to be similar across
the globe despite claims about national, cultural and religious
difference? This collection brings together scholars from across
the world in order to offer a global perspective on the history of
marriage. It unites legal, political and social history, and seeks
to draw out commonalities and differences by exploring connections
through empire, international law and international migration.
During the late nineteenth century, many countries across Europe
adopted national legislation that required employers to compensate
workers injured or killed in accidents at work. These laws
suggested that the risk of accidents was inherent to work and not
due to individual negligence. By focusing on Britain, Germany, and
Italy during this time, Julia Moses demonstrates how these laws
reflected a major transformation in thinking about the nature of
individual responsibility and social risk. The First Modern Risk
illuminates the implications of this conceptual revolution for the
role of the state in managing problems of everyday life,
transforming understandings about both the obligations and rights
of individuals. Drawing on a wide array of disciplines including
law, history, and politics, Moses offers a fascinating
transnational view of a pivotal moment in the evolution of the
welfare state.
Marriage, Law and Modernity offers a global perspective on the
modern history of marriage. Widespread recent debate has focused on
the changing nature of families, characterized by both the rise of
unmarried cohabitation and the legalization of same-sex marriage.
However, historical understanding of these developments remains
limited. How has marriage come to be the target of national
legislation? Are recent policies on same-sex marriage part of a
broader transformation? And, has marriage come to be similar across
the globe despite claims about national, cultural and religious
difference? This collection brings together scholars from across
the world in order to offer a global perspective on the history of
marriage. It unites legal, political and social history, and seeks
to draw out commonalities and differences by exploring connections
through empire, international law and international migration.
This book explores the intellectual contexts in which the
development of tort law took place in Europe. With contributions
from legal theorists, social and intellectual historians and
comparative lawyers, it examines how conceptions of community and
responsibility changed over time, providing a context both for new
notions of the role of the state in protecting its citizens and for
new interpretations of older private law concepts. The book also
examines how the law of tort was shaped and applied by judges in
the codified and uncodified systems, comparing the common law
system of England with the systems in France and Germany, whose
codes were created in very different contexts. The book includes
chapters that look at the role of experts in shaping the law's
response to workplace hazards and concludes with a discussion of
the role of academic networks in developing the notion of a
European private law.
During the late nineteenth century, many countries across Europe
adopted national legislation that required employers to compensate
workers injured or killed in accidents at work. These laws
suggested that the risk of accidents was inherent to work and not
due to individual negligence. By focusing on Britain, Germany, and
Italy during this time, Julia Moses demonstrates how these laws
reflected a major transformation in thinking about the nature of
individual responsibility and social risk. The First Modern Risk
illuminates the implications of this conceptual revolution for the
role of the state in managing problems of everyday life,
transforming understandings about both the obligations and rights
of individuals. Drawing on a wide array of disciplines including
law, history, and politics, Moses offers a fascinating
transnational view of a pivotal moment in the evolution of the
welfare state.
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