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Author Stone, Lawrence.

Title The family, sex and marriage in England, 1500-1800 / Lawrence Stone.

Publication Info. New York : Harper & Row, 1979.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.8 S878F    Check Shelf
Edition Abridged edition.
Description 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 21 cm.
Series Harper torchbooks ; TB 1979
Contents Problems, methods and definitions -- The demographic facts -- Family characteristics -- The decline of kinship, clientage and community -- The reinforcement of patriarchy -- The growth of affective individualism -- Mating arrangements -- The companionate marriage -- Parent-child relations -- Upper-class attitudes and behaviour -- Gentlemanly sexual behaviour: Pepys and Boswell -- Plebian sexual behaviour -- Facts, interpretations, and post-1800 developments.
Note Includes index.
Subject Families -- England -- History.
Marriage -- England -- History.
England -- Social life and customs -- History.
ISBN 0061319791
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