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The pro to‐industrial family economy: The structural function of household and family during the transition from peasant society to industrial capitalism 1

Hans Medick
- 01 Oct 1976 - 
- Vol. 1, Iss: 3, pp 291-315
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The pro-industrial family economy: The structural function of household and family during the transition from peasant society to industrial capitalism is discussed in this paper, where the authors focus on the role of women in the transition.
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(1976). The pro to‐industrial family economy: The structural function of household and family during the transition from peasant society to industrial capitalism. Social History: Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 291-315.

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The moral economy of the english crowd in the eighteenth century

Edward P. Thompson
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European marriage patterns in perspective.

TL;DR: The European marriage pattern of most of Europe as it existed for at least the 2 centuries preceding 1940 was unique or almost unique in the world as discussed by the authors and the distinctive marks of the European marriage patterns are a high age at marriage and a high proportion of people who never marry at all.