The Roman Family

by Suzanne D. Dixon

Book Overview

Unfaithful spouses, divorce and remarriage, rebellious children, aging parents-today's headlines are filled with issues said to be responsible for a "breakdown" of the traditional family. But are any of these problems truly new? What can we learn from the ways in which societies dealt with them in the past? Suzanne Dixon sets the current debate about the family against a broader context in The Roman Family, the first book to bring together...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080184200X
• ISBN13: 9780801842009
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

good introduction

Dixon has provided us with a great introduction to that basis institution of Rome, at least in the view of the Romans themselves: the family. Her interpretations of the evidence may stir disagreement at times, but her logic and use of evidence is solid for the most part. I reader needs a good background in basic Roman law and history to find this book truly useful however.