{"product_id":"the-european-family-hardback-9780631201564","title":"The European Family (Hardback) 9780631201564","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe European Family\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJack Goody (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631201564, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 November 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Goody's writing is always focused, concise to the point of economy, and never driven by a particular ideology or by political correctness. This is a book that stimulates the reader to take a long view of the family and one that counsels wisely against making generalisations and jumping to simple conclusions about the past.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Jack Goody has a well-deserved reputation for pithy analysis and breathtaking international comparisons ... The book is filled with seasoned insights and shrewd observations.\" \u003ci\u003ePopulation and Development Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Highly recommended for those who seek a broad, if polemical, history of the family.\" \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a concise, yet wide-ranging, history of the family in Europe from antiquity to the present day.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSeries Editors Preface. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Heritage of Greece and Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Coming of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The German Lands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The European Patterns and Medieval Regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Women, Children and Fathers in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Dowry and the Rights of Women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Differences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Proto and Full Industrialization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Modernization and the Family: The Theories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Contemporary Family in Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316782985496,"sku":"9780631201564","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631201564.jpg?v=1781825391","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-european-family-hardback-9780631201564","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}