| The Transmission of Well-Being: Gendered Marriage Strategies and Inheritance Systems in Europe (17th-20th Centuries) Contributor(s): Durães, Margarida (Editor), Fauve-Chamoux, Antoinette (Editor), Ferrer I. Alòs, Liorenç (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3034300565 ISBN-13: 9783034300568 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $102.42 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - History - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 2009030260 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6" W x 9" (1.57 lbs) 526 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 predominant 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. |