Kinship, Community, and Self
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Kinship, Community, and Self

Essays in Honor of David Warren Sabean

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  2. English
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eBook - PDF

Kinship, Community, and Self

Essays in Honor of David Warren Sabean

About this book

David Warren Sabean was a pioneer in the historical-anthropological study of kinship, community, and selfhood in early modern and modern Europe. His career has helped shape the discipline of history through his supervision of dozens of graduate students and his influence on countless other scholars. This book collects wide-ranging essays demonstrating the impact of Sabean's work has on scholars of diverse time periods and regions, all revolving around the prominent issues that have framed his career: kinship, community, and self. The significance of David Warren Sabean's scholarship is reflected in original research contributed by former students and essays written by his contemporaries, demonstrating Sabean's impact on the discipline of history.

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Information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781782384199
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781782384205
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historiography
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction. Sabean's Swabians
  4. Chapter 1. "As a Brother Should Be"
  5. Chapter 2. Legal Pitfalls of Marriage Brokerage
  6. Chapter 3. "Married to the Bottle"
  7. Chapter 4. A Home for Mothers in Vienna
  8. Chapter 5. Of Queens and Kinship
  9. Chapter 6. Making of a Japanese Rural Christian Community
  10. Chapter 7. Divination and Community
  11. Chapter 8. Paracelsus
  12. Chapter 9. From Heretics to Hypocrites
  13. Chapter 10. Finding Orthodoxy in the Baltic
  14. Chapter 11. Women, Railways, and Respectability
  15. Chapter 12. Adventures in Terrorism
  16. Chapter 13. Power in Truth Telling
  17. Chapter 14. For the Love of Geometry
  18. Chapter 15. A Private Repulsion toward Public Women
  19. Chapter 16. Honor and the Policing of Intra-Jewish Disputes
  20. Chapter 17. You Are What You Reform?
  21. Conclusion
  22. David Warren Sabean's Published Works
  23. Bibliography
  24. Contributors
  25. Index

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