Kinship and capitalism : marriage, family, and business in the English speaking world, 1580-1740 / R...
Kinship and capitalism : marriage, family, and business in the English speaking world, 1580-1740 / R...
Kinship and capitalism : marriage, family, and business in the English speaking world, 1580-1740 / Richard Grassby.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N306.809/ 2
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English
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xix, 505 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Models and Myths -- Pt. I. Marriage -- 1. Making a Match -- 2. Husbands and Wives -- 3. Widowers and Widows -- Pt. II. The Business Family -- 4. Parents and Children -- 5. Adulthood and Old Age -- 6. Kin and Community -- Pt. III. The Family Business -- 7. Men in Business -- 8. Women in...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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The overall conclusion is that none of the abstract models invented to explain the historical development of the family withstand empirical scrutiny and that familial capitalism, not possessive individualism, was the motor of economic growth."--BOOK JACKET....
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Kinship and capitalism : marriage, family, and business in the English speaking world, 1580-1740 / Richard Grassby.
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Woodrow Wilson Center series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.809/ 2
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74VvAoxG65Wy
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0521782031 (hb)
9780521782036 (hb)
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306.809421
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991013634659702626
