FAMILY LIFE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by David I. Kertzer (Editor), Marzio Barbagli (Editor) ( 9780300094947 )

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Title:

FAMILY LIFE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

By:

David I. Kertzer (Editor), Marzio Barbagli (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0300094949

ISBN 13:

9780300094947

Publisher:

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

14 November, 2003

Edition:

3rd ed.

Series:

The History of the European Family v. 3

Pages:

384

Description:

This third and final volume of "The History of the European Family" series synthesizes what is known about the history of the European family over the 20th century. It places family history and the changing life experience of ordinary people at the heart of the new social history.

Synopsis:

This volume completes the History of the European Family series, a comprehensive synthesis of what is known about European families across the past five centuries. The profound political and social transformations that occurred from 1914--2000 were without precedent in human history, and their huge impact on European families is the focus of this third volume. It reveals how the changes and processes of the twentieth century altered private lives, the formation of families, the frequency and success of marriages, the relations between husbands, wives, sons, and daughters, and much more. The book raises fundamental questions about whether and to what extent family life in different European societies became more or less similar over the course of the century. Ten leading scholars from Europe and the United States present new essays in which they explore the influences of the economy, the state, the church, the world wars, and other demographic forces on the European family during a period when the nuclear family was threatened as never before.

Illustrations:

40 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index

Publication:

Imprint:

Yale University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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