Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: the necessity of a historical sociology
- 1 Characteristics of the Western family considered over time
- 2 Clayworth and Cogenhoe
- 3 Long-term trends in bastardy in England
- 4 Parental deprivation in the past: a note on orphans and stepparenthood in English history
- 5 The history of aging and the aged
- 6 Age at sexual maturity in Europe since the Middle Ages
- 7 Household and family on the slave plantations of the U.S.A.
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: the necessity of a historical sociology
- 1 Characteristics of the Western family considered over time
- 2 Clayworth and Cogenhoe
- 3 Long-term trends in bastardy in England
- 4 Parental deprivation in the past: a note on orphans and stepparenthood in English history
- 5 The history of aging and the aged
- 6 Age at sexual maturity in Europe since the Middle Ages
- 7 Household and family on the slave plantations of the U.S.A.
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier GenerationsEssays in Historical Sociology, pp. 265 - 270Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1977