A Millennium of Family Change: Feudalism to Capitalism in Northwestern Europe
Wally Seccombe
How do changes in family form relate to society as a whole? In work which sets out combine theoretical rigour with historical scope, Wally Seccombe provides study of the changing structure families from Middle Ages beginning Industrial Revolution. Responding feminist critiques sex-blind materialism, argues that forms must be seen at heart modes production. He takes issue mainstream consensus history capitalism did not fundamentally alter nuclear family, and contributed longstanding debate over European marriage patterns their relation industrialization. Drawing on range studies history, demography economic A Millennium Family Change an integrated overview long transition feudalism capitalism, illuminating far-reaching familial relations peasant subsistence making modern working class. is author Weathering The Storm: Working-Class Families Revolution Fertility Decline.
Journal of Interdisciplinary History