Family and Friends in Eighteenth-Century England: Household, Kinship and Patronage

Naomi Tadmor0521771471, 9780521771474, 9780511019302

This book concerns the history of the family in eighteenth-century England. Tadmor provides a new interpretation of concepts of household, family and kinship through her analysis of contemporary language (in diaries, conduct treatises, novels by Richardson and Haywood, and other sources). She emphasizes the importance of the household in constructing notions of the family, and shows how ties of ”friendship” formed vital social, economic and political networks. Her book makes a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century history, and will be of value to all historians and literary scholars of the period.

---

Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Contents……Page 7
Acknowledgements……Page 9
A note on the text……Page 11
Abbreviations……Page 12
Introduction……Page 13
Introduction……Page 30
The concept of the household-family……Page 33
‘My family at home’: Thomas Turner’s diary……Page 37
Categorical definitions and further usages……Page 47
Introduction……Page 56
The concept of the household-family in two novels……Page 58
The concept of the household-family in two conduct treatises……Page 65
The family timetable……Page 75
Conclusion……Page 84
Introduction……Page 85
Thomas Turner’s concept of the lineage-family……Page 86
The Pelham family……Page 94
The concept of the lineage-family in two conduct treatises……Page 101
The concept of lineage-family in two novels……Page 104
Conclusion……Page 112
The kinship-family……Page 115
The historiography and the language of kinship……Page 119
Recognition and opacity……Page 134
Incorporation and differentiation……Page 145
Plurality……Page 158
Diffusion……Page 168
Conclusion……Page 174
Introduction……Page 179
Who were Thomas Turner’s friends?……Page 184
Related friends……Page 187
Friendship in marriage……Page 204
Thomas Turner’s select friends……Page 210
Conclusion……Page 223
6 Political friends……Page 228
Introduction……Page 249
The measures and offices of friendship……Page 251
The friends of Miss Betsy Thoughtless……Page 257
Who are Clarissa’s friends?……Page 271
Conclusion……Page 282
Conclusion……Page 284
EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE, LEWES……Page 292
PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES……Page 293
BIBLES, CONCORDANCES, AND DICTIONARIES……Page 297
SECONDARY SOURCES……Page 298
PHD DISSERTATIONS……Page 314
Index……Page 315