Stem Families, Joint Families, and the European Pattern

• Published in: Journal of Family History
• Main Authors: Gruber, Siegfried, Szołtysek, Mikołaj
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2012
• Subjects: Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Anthropology; Napp; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363199011428124; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0363199011428124; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0363199011428124

This article makes a new contribution to the discussion of historical European family forms. Its starting points are two recent contributions by Steven Ruggles in which the author discussed the historical appearances of stem and joint families across the globe. Drawing on most recent developments in...