The Household and the Making of History: A Subversive View of the Western Past - Softcover

Hartman, Mary S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521536693 ISBN 13: 9780521536691

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Contrary to previously-held views, this book argues that a unique late marriage pattern explains the continuing puzzle of why Western Europe was the site of changes that gave birth to the modern world. It contends that the roots of modern developments are located in history more than a millennium earlier, when the peasants in northwestern Europe began to marry their daughters almost as late as their sons. This phenomenon affords a more understandable account of items long considered as peculiar Western achievements, including the industrial revolution and mass democratic political movements.

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Book Description

This book argues that a unique late marriage pattern explains the continuing puzzle of why western Europe was the site of changes that gave birth to the modern world. Contrary to previously-held views, it contends that the roots of modern developments themselves are located in history more than a millennium earlier, when the peasants in northwestern Europe began to marry their daughters almost as late as their sons. This provides a more coherent account for items long held up as peculiar Western achievements, including industrial revolution and mass democratic political movements.

About the Author

Hartman is a university professor and director of the Institute for Women's Leadership at Douglas College, Rutgers University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521536693
• ISBN 13: 9780521536691
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310