| Essays on the Family and Historical Change Contributor(s): Moch, Leslie Page (Editor), Stark, Gary D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0890961514 ISBN-13: 9780890961513 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1983 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 82045900 |
| Lexile Measure: 1480 |
| Series: Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, Published for the Un |
| Physical Information: 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years a growing number of scholars have used the family as a prism through which to view historical change. The ways in which people cope with their world have always been reflected in familial decisions. Thus, a focus on the family has allowed historians the clearest view of the dynamic relationship between the people of the past and the evolution of society and the economy. These five essays combine the economics and values of the family, two elements whose separation has been an impediment to our best understanding of its history. The ways in which people cope with their circumstances have always been reflected in familial decisions. These five essays combine the economics and values of the family. |