In-Laws and Outlaws: Kinship and Marriage in England
Wolfram, Sybil
Publication Date |
1987 |
ISBN |
07079927967 |
Publisher |
Croom Helm, |
Binding |
Hardback |
Condition |
Very good copy in like dust wrapper |
SKU |
21029 |
Notes |
Very clean and neat. |
Description
Paperback. 253pp. Sociological and anthropological study of marriage, kinship and family in England from the 19th century. Important for legal historians, historians of the family, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, philosophers and literary critics - anyone who needs to understand what were meant by different family relationships and how that changed over -time. Covers amongst other things the deceased wife’s sister problem. wolfram is a philosophy and this is an account focused on the legal, philosophical and social history but she does draw heavily on Anthony Trollope’s works too for attitude examples.
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