Property, Production, and Family in Neckarhausen, 1700-1870

Klappentext This landmark study of family relations in a village in southern Germany is the product of deep reflection on anthropological approaches to historical problems. Zusammenfassung This landmark study of family relations in a village in southern Germany is the product of deep reflection on anthropological approaches to historical problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Abbreviations; Abbreviations of sources; Weights, measures, and coinage; On reading kinship diagrams; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; 1. Productive forces and social differentiation; 2. Magistrates and records; 3. The ideology of the house; 4. Patterns of marital conflict; 5. The changing context of production; 6. Marital relations in the context of production; 7. Marital estate; 8. State and estate; 9. Marital fund; 10. Generational transition; 11. Reciprocities of labor and property; 12. Reciprocities in parent - child relations; 13. Authority, solidarity, and abuse, 14. Family charges on the transfer of property; 15. The real estate market; 16. Kinship and the sale of property; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: David Sabean, David Warren Sabean
• Assisted by: Meyer Fortes (Editor), Edmund Leach (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.1991
• EAN: 9780521385381
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38538-1
• No. of pages: 537
• Series: Modern European Philosophy (Ha; Cambridge Studies in Social an; Modern European Philosophy (Ha; Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)