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Cooper, Brian P. 1958-

Family fictions and family facts / Subtitle on cover: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet, and the population question in England, 1798-1859 Brian P. Cooper. - London ; New York : Routledge, c2007. - 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-286) ) and index.

Classification comes home to the family -- Family and the domestication of passions -- Family, the manners of the people, and political economy -- Harriet Martineau's "embodied principles" of political economy -- There is no place for such a family -- What is to be deemed a family? -- However you define family.

ISBN: 0415150582 (hb) 0203441850 (ebk) 9780415150583 (hbk) 9780203441855 (ebk)

LCCN: 2006020748

Subjects--Personal Names:
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876. Illustrations of political economy.
Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874. Sur l'homme et le développement de ses facultés.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--Economic aspects--History--England--19th century.
Demography--Classification--History--England--19th century.
Families in literature.
Population in literature.
Malthusianism.

LC Class. No.: HQ616 / .C66 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 306.85094209034