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Article: The perils of patriarchy.
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- Journal of Social History
- Article date:
- December 22, 1996
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For at least a generation, historians have seen the elaboration of the family in Early Modern times as a crucial part of the development of social control, and an accurate reflection of the profound shift in civilization from a pre-industrial world where solidarities ran vertically, rooted into small and familiar worlds, to an industrial economy where different social classes glared across their boundaries. The earlier studies seeking to resurrect "a world we have lost" were based on demographic data, and sought the secrets of social life in patterns of residence and neighborhood, largely ignoring the more nebulous realm of interpersonal relations. Then the exploration of ...