When Dad Died
Individuals and Families Coping with Family Stress in Past Societies
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Beschreibung
This volume is an important contribution to the social and cultural history of the family and documents that widowhood and orphanhood were commonplace before the twentieth century. How did the survivors cope with such tragedy? What kind of support did they receive from their community and relatives? How many widows remarried? How many children grew up as step-children or wards? And how did these circumstances influence their futures? While individual stories are frequent themes in literature, the social history of these experiences has yet to be written, especially from a comparative perspective. The 16 essays in this book provide a fresh look at the family history of widowhood and orphanhood in a dozen European and Asian countries.
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Renzo Derosas
Themen in »When Dad Died«
Asiatische Geschichte Coping Derosas Died Ehe- und Familienpsychologie Families Family Frauen- und Geschlechterstudien Individuals Interkulturelle Studien Past Societies Sozialgeschichte Stress When
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«The strength of this book lies in its convincing effort to measure the efficiency of different family systems in the protection of their weaker members in crisis situations. As such, it is a major contribution to both social and family history.» (Jan Kok, International Review of Social History)
«The editors and authors have done a very good job in their efforts to clarify and illustrate what is intentionally a very big field. The example chapters are packed with data and analysis of the highest quality, material which readers will find of considerable interest and which is likely to prove stimulating to a wide range of researchers in historical sociology and demography. [...] this is a highly stimulating volume; its editors and contributors are to be congratulated.» (Robert Woods, Population Studies)
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