Fragile Families: Marriage and Domestic Life in the Age of Bourgeois Modernity (1750-1900)

In the era of bourgeois modernity (1750-1900), the family is as valued as it is vulnerable. It...
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Author: Joachim Eibach
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Language: English
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Fragile Families: Marriage and Domestic Life in the Age of Bourgeois Modernity (1750-1900) by Eibach, Joachim

Fragile Families: Marriage and Domestic Life in the Age of Bourgeois Modernity (1750-1900)

$216.77

Fragile Families: Marriage and Domestic Life in the Age of Bourgeois Modernity (1750-1900)

$216.77
Author: Joachim Eibach
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In the era of bourgeois modernity (1750-1900), the family is as valued as it is vulnerable. It constitutes a community of care, conflict, and emotion. Time and again, it is evoked as a bond of love as well as a moral institution. Yet both love and morality are fragile. A more detailed exploration reveals that domestic life during this period was much more colorful, open, and dynamic - and also more prone to crisis - than one might expect given the vaunted view of the family that characterized the heyday of the bourgeoisie.

This book rewrites the history of the modern family. Self-narratives - primarily diaries - written by members of eight families from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria serve as sources for this research. The focus extends far beyond the bourgeoisie. With a micro-historical eye, the author reconstructs family histories from the peasant milieu to the patrician elite, from the parsonage to the educated bourgeoisie; he considers the domestic life of a journeyman craftsman, a couple's descent from the ranks of the petite bourgeoisie, the effects of an itinerant childhood among the proletariat, and the strain of being caught between a bourgeois family and artistic individuality. Many of these aspects point beyond bourgeois modernity to the family in our time.



Author: Joachim Eibach
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 10/24/2023
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9783111080888

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