266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1987, this book presented for the first time a unified treatment of English kinship of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This system, far from being a patchwork of historical accidents, has a remarkably logical overall structure, permeating both law and custom. To understand it one must study a wide variety of sources ranging from Parliamentary debates through... Read more
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1 1. Basic Ideas 2. The Prohibited Degrees of Marriage and Incest 3. Degree Reckoning in Mourning 4. Kinship Terminology and Marriage Preferences 5. Divorce 6. The Marriage Bond Part 2 7. Popular Explanations 8. Experts Past and Present 9. Fact and Theory 10. Indigenous Structuring 11. The Future. Bibliography. Appendix: Chronological Table. Index.
Biography
Sybil Wolfram
