| Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History Contributor(s): Van Leeuwen, Marco H. D. (Editor), Maas, Ineke (Editor), Miles, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052168546X ISBN-13: 9780521685467 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: Marriage choice plays a crucial role in the formation and decay of social classes. Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one??'s social class, is thus central to social history. The study considers the factors determining who married whom, whether partner selection has changed over time and regional differences between Europe and South America. The volume also questions to what extent these factors have changed over the past three hundred years. The case studies presented are preceded by a state-of-the-art theoretical introduction on the determinants influencing trends in social endogamy. Each contributor has employed the same social-class scheme and thus the volume is the first comparative study of social endogamy in an historical context. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 306.709 |
| LCCN: 2006297102 |
| Series: International Review of Social History Supplements |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.32" W x 8.98" (1.07 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marriage choice plays a crucial role in the formation and decay of social classes. Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one's social class, is thus central to social history. The study considers the factors determining who married whom, whether partner selection has changed over time and regional differences between Europe and South America. The volume also questions to what extent these factors have changed over the past three hundred years. The case studies presented are preceded by a state-of-the-art theoretical introduction on the determinants influencing trends in social endogamy. Each contributor has employed the same social-class scheme and thus the volume is the first comparative study of social endogamy in an historical context. |