Author:
Davidoff, Leonore.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2012.
Descriptionxii, 449 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:Part 1. Exploring kin and their kind. Kin and family : expert opinions and popular views ; Finding siblings -- Part 2. The lattice of kinship : a historical case study. The people and the setting ; The 'Long family' and its decline ; A like unlike : siblings in childhood and youth ; A dance of intimacy and separation : siblings in adulthood ; Forgotten figures : aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins -- Part 3. Life's longest relationship : essays on sibling themes. Sibling intimacy and the question of incest ; The rise and fall of close marriage ; Gender, age, and authority : the case of Anne, William Ewart, and Helen Gladstone ; Sibling silences : the Freud family ; Sibling loss.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-438) and index.
