Social and political attention often is focused on urban issues, neglecting the still-rural character of much of the United States. This volume of original pape

This pioneering book examines different aspects of the inheritance customs in rural Western Europe in the pre-industrial age: for families and whole societies,

Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasizze men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. But this

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