Family and friends in eighteenth-century England
Subtitle: household, kinship, and patronage
By: Naomi Tadmor.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Patronage, Political -- England -- History -- 18th century; Households -- England -- History -- 18th century; Friendship -- England -- History -- 18th century; Kinship -- England -- History -- 18th century; Family -- England -- History -- 18th century; England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I The concept of the household-family; title: Introduction; title: The concept of the household-family; title: 'My family at home': Thomas Turner's diary; title: Categorical definitions and further usages; title: 2 The concept of the household-family in novels and conduct; title: treatises; title: Introduction; title: The concept of the household-family in two novels; title: The concept of the household-family in two conduct treatises; title: The family timetable; title: Conclusion; title: 3 The concept of the lineage-family; title: Introduction; title: Thomas Turner's concept of the lineage-family; title: The Pelham family; title: The concept of the lineage-family in two conduct treatises; title: The concept of the lineage-family in two novels; title: Conclusion; title: 4 The language of kinship; title: The kinship-family; title: The historiography and the language of kinship; title: Recognition and opacity; title: Incorporation and differentiation; title: Plurality; title: Diffusion; title: Conclusion; title: 5 Friends; title: Introduction; title: Who were Thomas Turner's friends?; title: Related friends; title: Friendship in marriage; title: Thomas Turner's select friends; title: Conclusion; title: 6 Political friends; title: 7 Ideas about friendship and the constructions of friendship in; title: literary texts; title: Introduction; title: The measures and offices of friendship; title: The friends of Miss Betsy Thoughtless; title: Who are Clarissa's friends?; title: Conclusion; title: Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Index.