In praise of nepotism
Subtitle: a natural history
By: Adam Bellow
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
ISBN-13: 9780385493888
Subjects: Familie; Patriarchaat (sociologie); Families; Patriarchy; Nepotism; Nepotismus; Nepotisme
Description: Presents an exploration of nepotism, the favored treatment of one's relatives, arguing that the practice has its roots in human biological behavior and that it represents the bonds of human society and the transmission of family legacies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-548) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction :; title: The new nepotism -- and the old -- -- pt. 1.; title: Nepotism in history -- -- 1.; title: We're all goodfellas now : an introduction to the nepotistic system -- -- 2.; title: From biology to culture : a natural history of nepotism -- -- 3.; title: Clan, caste, and tribe : nepotism in non-Western societies -- -- 4.; title: Classical nepotism : the Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans -- -- 5.; title: The son made perfect : nepotism in the Christian West -- -- 6.; title: The golden age of nepotism : Borgia, Bonaparte, and Rothschild.; title: pt. 2.; title: Nepotism in America -- -- 7.; title: Colonial nepotism : from settlement to revolution -- -- 8.; title: The city of brotherly love : the nepotism of the founders -- -- 9.; title: The nineteenth century : nepotism in the North, West, and South -- -- 10.; title: The Roosevelts : the middle class revolt against nepotism -- -- 11.; title: Heirs apparent : JFK and the new meritocratic nepotism -- -- 12.; title: The art of nepotism --; title: Postscript :; title: American nepotism today --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Notes --; title: Index.