Incest & influence: the private life of bourgeois England

The romance of incest and the love of cousins -- The law of incest -- The science of incest and heredity -- The family business -- Wilberforce and the Clapham sect -- Difficulties with siblings -- The bourgeois intellectuals -- The Bloomsbury version

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Subtitles:Incest and influence
Main Author: Kuper, Adam 1941- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard University Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:[Rezension von: Kuper, Adam, Incest & Influence: The Private Life of Bourgeois England] (2011) (Sohmer, Sara H.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / The Middle classes / Elite / Inmarriage / Social network / Political network / History 1800-1900
Further subjects:B The Middle classes
B Domestic relations (England) History 19th century
B Incest Social aspects England History 19th century
B Middle class England History 19th century
B Middle class (England) History 19th century
B Political network
B Social network
B Consanguinity England History 19th century
B Cross-cousin marriage (England) History 19th century
B Elite
B Cross cousin marriage England History 19th century
B Consanguinity (England) History 19th century
B Domestic relations England History 19th century
B Great Britain
B Incest Social aspects (England) History 19th century
B Inmarriage
B Elite (Social sciences) (England) History 19th century
B History 1800-1900
B Elite (Social sciences) England History 19th century
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Summary:The romance of incest and the love of cousins -- The law of incest -- The science of incest and heredity -- The family business -- Wilberforce and the Clapham sect -- Difficulties with siblings -- The bourgeois intellectuals -- The Bloomsbury version
Item Description:Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0674035895