Family HistoryAn ambitious volume of studies of the origins and trends in family history of major geographical areas. |
Contents
The History of the Family and the History | 1 |
Studies on the Family in the Aegean Bronze Age and in Homer | 9 |
The Family in Classical and Hellenistic Greece | 19 |
European and North American | 27 |
Europe since 1500 | 45 |
The Family History of Early America | 69 |
The U S Family in the Industrial and Postindustrial Periods | 81 |
Historical Trends and Perspectives of AfroAmerican Families | 97 |
Trends in Latin American Family History | 113 |
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