THE FORMATION OF THE COUPLE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS iii
3. Preface v
4. FAMILY HISTORY AT THE CROSSROADS vii
5. Families, Ideas, and Institutions
6. THE FAMILY AND RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGIES IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE 3
7. FAMILY AND SCHOOLING IN COLONIAL AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA 19
8. THE FORMATION OF THE COUPLE 39
9. Demographic Patterns and Family Organization
10. ANOTHER FOSSA MAGNA: PROPORTION MARRYING AND AGE AT MARRIAGE IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN 57
11. “EARLY” FERTILITY DECLINE IN AMERICA: A PROBLEM IN FAMILY HISTORY 73
12. The Cross-Cultural Perspective
13. ADVANCES IN ITALIAN AND IBERIAN FAMILY HISTORY 87
14. RURAL HOUSEHOLD ORGANIZATION AND INHERITANCE IN NORTHERN EUROPE 121
15. HAJNAL AND THE HOUSEHOLD IN ASIA: A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY IN PREINDUSTRIAL JAPAN, 1600–1870 143
16. INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE KIN GROUP IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN PAST: POSING THE PROBLEM 163
17. The Life Course and Family Patterns
18. FAMILIES AND LIVES: SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN LIFE-COURSE STUDIES 179
19. THE LIFE COURSE OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA 201
20. LIFE-COURSE PATTERNS AND PEASANT CULTURE IN FRANCE: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT 213
21. INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY LIFE COURSES IN THE SAGUENAY REGION, QUEBEC, 1842–1911 225
22. A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE ON THE LIFE COURSE: EMERGING AND DIMINISHING PATTERNS 243
23. The Craft of Family History
24. THE CHARACTER OF FAMILIAL HISTORY, ITS LIMITATIONS AND THE CONDITIONS FOR ITS PROPER PURSUIT 263
25. OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF KINSHIP HISTORY, 1942–1985 285
26. WOMEN'S HISTORY AND FAMILY HISTORY: FRUITFUL COLLABORATION OR MISSED CONNECTION? 303
27. Family History and Social Change
28. FAMILY HISTORY, SOCIAL HISTORY, AND SOCIAL CHANGE 319
29. Author Index 331
30. Subject Index 339