Sentimientos y vida familiar en el Nuevo Reino de Granada, siglo XVIII
By: Pablo Rodríguez.
Edition: 1. ed.
Series: Ariel historia; Colección Ariel historia.
Publisher: Editorial Ariel
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Santa Fe de Bogotá
Language: spa
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Family -- Colombia -- History -- 18th century; Marriage -- Colombia -- History -- 18th century; Older people -- Colombia -- History -- 18th century; Children -- Colombia -- History -- 18th century; Colombia -- Social life and customs
Description: "A valuable study of late-18th-century family and social structure in urban Nueva Granada clarifies contours of domestic life in the colony. Utilizing data from Cartagena de Indias, Tunja, Medellín, and Cali, but not Bogotá, Rodríguez sketches patterns of fundamental phases and institutions of social life: childhood, old age, widowhood, and marriage, divorce, and annulment. Conclusions such as the overwhelming feminine makeup of widowhood, the continuing employment of the elderly, and domestic abuse as the principal cause of divorce demonstrate vital character of the home and illustrate important social attitudes within the body politic"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-339).