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Property and Kinship: Inheritance in Early Connecticut, 1750-1820
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Full Title:
Property and Kinship: Inheritance in Early Connecticut, 1750-1820
Contributors:
By (Author) Toby L. Ditz
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
333.309746
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
232
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
312g
Description
Toby Ditz explores the relationship among inheritance, kinship, and the commercialization of agriculture. Comparing four upland communities with a Connecticut River Valley town, she finds that inheritance practices in the late colonial era heavily favored some male heirs and created shared rights in property. These customs continued into the early
