The Household And The Making Of History: A Subversive View Of The Western Past,New Siedentop For This Revised Thesaurus

For This Revised Thesaurus

000 Years Of British History

This Astounding Finale Is An Emotionally Resonant Tale That Scales Conceptual Heights From An Angle All Its Own

Including Cd And Record Listings (The Singles

From Summer Floods To Winter Blizzards

The Household And The Making Of History: A Subversive View Of The Western Past,New Siedentop For This Revised ThesaurusContrary To Previouslyheld Views, This Book Argues That A Unique Late Marriage Pattern Explains The Continuing Puzzle Of Why Western Europe Was The Site Of Changes That Gave Birth To The Modern World. It Contends That The Roots Of Modern Developments Are Located In History More Than A Millennium Earlier, When The Peasants In Northwestern Europe Began To Marry Their Daughters Almost As Late As Their Sons. This Phenomenon Affords A More Understandable