Family Welfare: Gender, Property, and Inheritance Since the Seventeenth Century (Hardcover)

List of Tables List of Appendices Preface Contributors Introduction: Family Welfare and the Welfare Family by David R. Green and Alastair Owens Land Transmission and Inheritance Practices in France during the Ancien Regime: Differences of Degree or Kind? by Gerard Beaur Emigration, Gender and Inheritance: A Case Study of the High Auvergne, 1700-1900, by Rose Duroux Headship Succession and Retirement in South Bohemia, 1640-1840, by Hermann Zeitlhofer Close Relatives and Useful Relatives: Welfare, Inheritance and the Use of Kinship in an Alpine Dynasty, 1650-1800, by Sandro Guzzi-Heeb Wealth, Gender, and Inheritance Amongst the U.S. Elite: The Rockefellers and Binghams by Marsha Shapiro Rose Family Networks and the Transmission of Assets: Managing the Property and Care of Orphans 18th-Century Amsterdam by Anne E. C. McCants Did Women Invent Life Insurance? Widows and the Demand for Financial Services in 18th-Century Germany by Eve Rosenhaft Women without Gender: Commerce, Exchange Codes and the Erosion of German Gender Guardianship, 1680-1830 by Robert Beachy Minors, Guardians, and Inheritance in Early 19th-Century Sweden: A Case of Gendered Property Rights by Ann Ighe Marriage and Economic Rights: Women, Men, and Property in Sweden during the First Half of the 20th Century by by Kirsti Niskanen Bibliography Index