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Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History

by Marco H. D. Van Leeuwen

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 16.1 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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For readers interested in social history and marriage

Explains how class affects partner selection in marriage

You will understand marriage trends across regions and eras

This book explores the historical impact of social class on marriage choices.

Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one\'s social class, is central to social history. This study considers the factors determining who married whom, whether partner selection changed over the past three hundred years and regional differences between Europe and South America.
Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History and 88 Conversation Starters for Husbands & Wives
88 Conversation Starters for Husbands & WivesMarriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History

  • Title

    Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    March 2006

  • Weight

    486g

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521685467

  • ISBN-10

    052168546X

  • Eden Code

    5015281

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