| Description |
x, 312 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Population and development (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-299) and index. |
| Contents |
I: Introduction and approaches -- Models, data, and methods -- II: Influence on family scholars -- Views of changes in family life from reading history sideways -- The fertility decline in northwest Europe -- Changes in family life in the northwest European historical record -- The scholarly legacy -- The legacy of data -- III: Influence on individual and community actors -- Developmental idealism -- Freedom, equality, and consent in northwest European family relationships -- Fighting barbarism in the United States -- Governmental pathways of influence outside northwest Europe -- Social and economic pathways of influence outside northwest Europe -- The power of developmental thinking -- Postscript : dealing with the language of the developmental paradigm. |
| Subject |
Families -- Historiography.
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Families -- Europe, Western -- Historiography.
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Families -- Europe, Northern -- Historiography.
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Families -- History.
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Families -- Europe, Western -- History.
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Families -- Europe, Northern -- History.
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Social change.
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| ISBN |
0226798607 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226798608 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 26511389X |
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