Subversive Family,9780684863856

Subversive Family

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ISBN13: 9780684863856
ISBN10: 0684863855
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-10-01
Publisher(s): Free Press
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Summary

"The family is a subversive organization. In fact, it is the ultimate and only consistently subversive organization." With these words, Ferdinand Mount begins what has come to be regarded as one of the most influential works of social history in recent times. Published to acclaim in England and throughout Europe, The Subversive Family now makes its first appearance in America. At a time when public discussions of divorce, child support, gender inequality, adoption, care for the aged, and all manner of family issues are taking new and unanticipated turns, Mount provides us with a history of the family that will pique the interest, and often the ire, of all parties in the debate.

Author Biography

Sir William Robert Ferdinand Mount, is a writer, novelist, and columnist for The Sunday Times, as well as a political commentator.

Table of Contents

Preface to the American Edition vii
Introduction 1(14)
Part One: The Myths
Marriage and the Church
15(14)
The State and the Family
29(15)
Is the Family an Historical Freak?
44(9)
The Myth of the Extended Family
53(12)
Matchmaking and Lovemaking
65(28)
The Troubadour Myth
93(11)
The Myth of the Indifferent Mother
104(19)
Where Did the Historians Go Wrong?
123(30)
Part Two: The Family Then and Now
The Family-haters
153(7)
Privacy and the Working Class
160(16)
The Dilution of Fraternity
176(23)
The Recovery of Divorce
199(20)
Women, Power and Marriage
219(29)
And Afterwards?
248(9)
Appendix 257(3)
Notes 260(12)
Select Bibliography 272(5)
Index 277

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