ENGLISH

Kinship in Neckarhausen, 1700-1870

By David Warren Sabean , David Sabean

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0521586577, 9780521586573, 0521583810, 9780521583817
LCC
GN585.G4 S33 1998
Open Library ID
OL687149M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8259187 bytes)
Pages
655\655
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This book analyzes shifts in the relations of families, households, and individuals in a single German village during the transition to a modern social structure and cultural order. The findings call into question the idea that the more modern society became, the less kin mattered. Rather, the opposite happened. During "modernization," close kin developed a flexible set of exchanges, passing marriage partners, godparents, political favors, work contacts, and financial guarantees back and forth. These new kinship systems were fundamental for class formation. The author also repositions women in the center of the political culture of alliances.

Similar books