A History of the Family, Volume II: The Impact of Modernity

By: Burguiere, Andre

Book Overview

This monumental work in two volumes brings together experts from every discipline to show what the study of each epoch has to tell us about the family. Why is the family universal and yet so different in its various cultural manifestations? What notions of kinship regulate it, and how do these develop and change? The shock of modernity shapes the story in Volume II, as the authors explore the impact of the industrial revolution, socialism, and contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674396766
• ISBN13: 9780674396760
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 585 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"