Kinship and Capitalism
Subtitle: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 15801740 (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 27, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9780521782036
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Economic history; Family & relationships; Women's studies; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History - General History; Capitalism; Family; Social Science; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Western Europe - General; Family--England--London--History; History / Great Britain; England; Businesspeople; History; London; Marriage
First sentence: In contrast to birth and death, men and women could decide when they wanted to marry.