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Family Ties : English Families, 1540-1920
Family Ties English Families 15401920 Author:Mary Abbott Family Ties contributes to the academic and popular debate on the family by providing a vivid and accessible exploration of the dynamics of life in English families of all ranks from the mid-sixteenth century to the end of World War I. Organized both chronologically and thematically, and accompanied by sections on methods, approaches, and... more » sources, it explores such fundamental historical issues as cause and effect; continuity and change; and the nature and reliability of evidence. It also examines important sub-themes, including the history of childhood and of marriage across a broad social and chronological span.« less