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- catalog abstract ""This study reconstructs the public and private lives of urban business families during the period of England's emergence as a world economic power. Using a broad cross section of archival, rather than literary, sources, it tests the orthodox view that the family as an institution was transformed by capitalism and individualism. The approach is both quantitative and qualitative. A database of 28,000 families has been constructed to tackle questions such as demographic structure, kinship, and inheritance, which must be answered statistically. Much of the book, however, focuses on issues such as courtship and relations among spouses, parents, and children, which can only be studied through those families that have left intimate records. 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11984663.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""This study reconstructs the public and private lives of urban business families during the period of England's emergence as a world economic power. Using a broad cross section of archival, rather than literary, sources, it tests the orthodox view that the family as an institution was transformed by capitalism and individualism. The approach is both quantitative and qualitative. A database of 28,000 families has been constructed to tackle questions such as demographic structure, kinship, and inheritance, which must be answered statistically. Much of the book, however, focuses on issues such as courtship and relations among spouses, parents, and children, which can only be studied through those families that have left intimate records. 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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 Business -- 9. Inheritance and Advancement -- Conclusion: Capitalism and the Life Cycle.".
- catalog extent "xix, 505 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521782031 (hb)".
- catalog isPartOf "Woodrow Wilson Center series".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Washington, D.C.] : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England London".
- catalog subject "306.8/09421 21".
- catalog subject "Businesspeople England London History.".
- catalog subject "Capitalism England London History.".
- catalog subject "Families England London History.".
- catalog subject "HQ616.15.L66 G73 2001".
- catalog subject "Households England London History.".
- catalog subject "Marriage England London History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 Business -- 9. Inheritance and Advancement -- Conclusion: Capitalism and the Life Cycle.".
- catalog title "Kinship and capitalism : marriage, family, and business in the English speaking world, 1580-1740 / Richard Grassby.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".