Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in HistoryMarco H. D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas, Andrew Miles Marriage choice plays a crucial role in the formation and decay of social classes. Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one's social class, is thus central to social history. The study considers the factors determining who married whom, whether partner selection has changed over time and regional differences between Europe and South America. The volume also questions to what extent these factors have changed over the past three hundred years. The case studies presented are preceded by a state-of-the-art theoretical introduction on the determinants influencing trends in social endogamy. Each contributor has employed the same social-class scheme and thus the volume is the first comparative study of social endogamy in an historical context. |
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Contents
An Overview | 1 |
Bahia Brazil | 25 |
Social | 43 |
Social Stratification and Occupational | 65 |
A Micro | 123 |
Rural Homogamy in Nineteenth | 149 |
Migration Occupational Identity and Societal Openness | 179 |
France | 219 |
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| Title | Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History International Review of Social History Supplements |
| Editors | Marco H. D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas, Andrew Miles |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 052168546X, 9780521685467 |
| Length | 295 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Economic History Business & Economics / Industries / Computers & Information Technology Family & Relationships / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships History / Modern / 20th Century History / Modern / General History / World Social Science / Sociology / General |
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