MARRIAGE AND LOVE IN ENGLAND: Modes of Reproduction 1300-1840
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. "Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary evidence and bringing to bear the methods and perspectives of both anthropologist and historian, Alan Macfarlane provides a vivid reconstruction of family life. He shows why people married, at what age and with what expectations, as well as the nature of their courtship. He examines their reasons fo having children, and attitudes between the sexes and between generations. And he considers how far in all these respects behaviour varied by class, and how it changed or remained constant over five hundred years." Octavo: xi, [1], 380 p. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some uneven fading to the dust jacket; else very good or better. Near fine / Very good. Item #77348
ISBN: 0631139923
Price: $40.00