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Kinship in Neckarhausen, 1700-1870
Contributor(s): Sabean, David Warren (Author)
ISBN: 0521586577     ISBN-13: 9780521586573
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $59.84  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 1997
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
- History | Europe - Germany
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
Dewey: 306.830
LCCN: 97034087
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.8" (1.90 lbs) 658 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Germany
 
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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.