Christopher H. Johnson is Professor Emeritus of History and member of the Academy of Scholars at Wayne State University. He has held fellowships from the Leverhulme and the Guggenheim Foundations as well as the Social Science Research Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include Utopian Communism in France: Cabet and the Icarians, 1839-1851 (Cornell, 1974) (nominated for a National Book Award in 1975); Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950 (Wayne State, 1989), and The Life and Death of Industrial Languedoc, 1700–1920: The Politics of De-Industrialization (Oxford, 1995).

“In all cases, the research is solid, not drawing from a single source, such as a series of   letters, but including a broad range of historical evidence. The analyses themselves are nicely nuanced and all connect with the main theoretical issues of the field, providing a lively discussion and indicating new directions for research. Scholars from many fields focusing on family and kinship, as well as general readers with an interest in family relations, will enjoy and find stimulation in this volume.”  ·  Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“This volume, and the wider project of which it forms one part, are significant contributions to the current re-assessment of kinship, and planned volumes on transnational families and the importance of blood in defining kin are eagerly awaited.”  ·  The Journal of Interdisciplinary History“The study of kinship remains a lively concern among historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. One of the very attractive features of the volume is its crossdisciplinary representation from these fields but also from literature…[and] the mix of senior and junior scholars.”  ·  Mary Lindemann, University of Miami“The essays are of uniform excellence and interest, written by established scholars, including very well known scholars; the essays also make a remarkably coherent set…[and] are well focused…the research is valuable, offering original perspectives on a number of issues, from kinship reckoning to industrialization, to emotional history. This is a very useful, and widely cited companion to the previous volume on kinship in Europe, a great introduction to the current research.”  ·  William Reddy, Duke University

• List of Figures and IllustrationsPrefaceChapter 1. From Siblingship to Siblinghood: Kinship and the Shaping of European Society (1300-1900)Christopher H. Johnson and David Warren SabeanPART I: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND SIBLING STRATEGIES (LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN)Chapter 2. Dowry: Sharing Inheritance or Exclusion? Timing, Destination, and Contents of Transmission in Late Medieval and Early Modern FranceBernard DerouetChapter 3. Maintenance Regulations and Sibling Relations in the High Nobility of Late Medieval GermanyKarl-Heinz SpiessChapter 4. Do Sisters have Brothers?Or the Search for the “rechte Schwester”:Brothers and Sisters in Aristocratic Society at the Turn of the Sixteenth CenturyMichaela HohkampChapter 5. Subordinates, Patrons, and Most Beloved: Sibling Relationships in Seventeenth-Century German Court SocietySophie RuppelChapter 6. The Crown Prince’s Brothers and Sisters: Succession and Inheritance Problems and Solutions among the Hohenzollerns, from the Great Elector to Frederick the GreatBenjamin MarschkeChapter 7. The Evolution within Sibling Groups from one Kinship System to Another (Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries)Gérard DelillePART II: SIBLING RELATIONS, CLOSE MARRIAGE, AND HORIZONTAL KINSHIP, 1750-1900Chapter 8. Brother Trouble: Murder and Incest in Scottish BalladsRuth PerryChapter 9. Siblinghood and the Emotional Dimensions of the New Kinship System, 1800-1850: A French ExampleChristopher H. JohnsonChapter 10. Kinship and Issues of the Self in Europe around 1800David Warren SabeanChapter 11. Sisters, Wives, and the Sublimation of Desire in a Jewish-Protestant Friendship: The Letters of the Historian Johann Gustav Droysen and the Composer Felix Mendelssohn-BartholdyRegina SchulteChapter 12. Husband, Wife, and Sister: Making and Remaking the Early Victorian FamilyMary Jean CorbettChapter 13. Gender and Age in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Case of Anne, William, and Helen GladstoneLeonore DavidoffBibliography

Christopher H. Johnson is Professor Emeritus of History and member of the Academy of Scholars at Wayne State University. He has held fellowships from the Leverhulme and the Guggenheim Foundations as well as the Social Science Research Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include Utopian Communism in France: Cabet and the Icarians, 1839-1851 (Cornell, 1974) (nominated for a National Book Award in 1975); Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950 (Wayne State, 1989), and The Life and Death of Industrial Languedoc, 1700–1920: The Politics of De-Industrialization (Oxford, 1995).

“In all cases, the research is solid, not drawing from a single source, such as a series of   letters, but including a broad range of historical evidence. The analyses themselves are nicely nuanced and all connect with the main theoretical issues of the field, providing a lively discussion and indicating new directions for research. Scholars from many fields focusing on family and kinship, as well as general readers with an interest in family relations, will enjoy and find stimulation in this volume.”  ·  Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“This volume, and the wider project of which it forms one part, are significant contributions to the current re-assessment of kinship, and planned volumes on transnational families and the importance of blood in defining kin are eagerly awaited.”  ·  The Journal of Interdisciplinary History“The study of kinship remains a lively concern among historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. One of the very attractive features of the volume is its crossdisciplinary representation from these fields but also from literature…[and] the mix of senior and junior scholars.”  ·  Mary Lindemann, University of Miami“The essays are of uniform excellence and interest, written by established scholars, including very well known scholars; the essays also make a remarkably coherent set…[and] are well focused…the research is valuable, offering original perspectives on a number of issues, from kinship reckoning to industrialization, to emotional history. This is a very useful, and widely cited companion to the previous volume on kinship in Europe, a great introduction to the current research.”  ·  William Reddy, Duke University

• List of Figures and IllustrationsPrefaceChapter 1. From Siblingship to Siblinghood: Kinship and the Shaping of European Society (1300-1900)Christopher H. Johnson and David Warren SabeanPART I: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND SIBLING STRATEGIES (LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN)Chapter 2. Dowry: Sharing Inheritance or Exclusion? Timing, Destination, and Contents of Transmission in Late Medieval and Early Modern FranceBernard DerouetChapter 3. Maintenance Regulations and Sibling Relations in the High Nobility of Late Medieval GermanyKarl-Heinz SpiessChapter 4. Do Sisters have Brothers?Or the Search for the “rechte Schwester”:Brothers and Sisters in Aristocratic Society at the Turn of the Sixteenth CenturyMichaela HohkampChapter 5. Subordinates, Patrons, and Most Beloved: Sibling Relationships in Seventeenth-Century German Court SocietySophie RuppelChapter 6. The Crown Prince’s Brothers and Sisters: Succession and Inheritance Problems and Solutions among the Hohenzollerns, from the Great Elector to Frederick the GreatBenjamin MarschkeChapter 7. The Evolution within Sibling Groups from one Kinship System to Another (Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries)Gérard DelillePART II: SIBLING RELATIONS, CLOSE MARRIAGE, AND HORIZONTAL KINSHIP, 1750-1900Chapter 8. Brother Trouble: Murder and Incest in Scottish BalladsRuth PerryChapter 9. Siblinghood and the Emotional Dimensions of the New Kinship System, 1800-1850: A French ExampleChristopher H. JohnsonChapter 10. Kinship and Issues of the Self in Europe around 1800David Warren SabeanChapter 11. Sisters, Wives, and the Sublimation of Desire in a Jewish-Protestant Friendship: The Letters of the Historian Johann Gustav Droysen and the Composer Felix Mendelssohn-BartholdyRegina SchulteChapter 12. Husband, Wife, and Sister: Making and Remaking the Early Victorian FamilyMary Jean CorbettChapter 13. Gender and Age in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Case of Anne, William, and Helen GladstoneLeonore DavidoffBibliography

Christopher H. Johnson is Professor Emeritus of History and member of the Academy of Scholars at Wayne State University. He has held fellowships from the Leverhulme and the Guggenheim Foundations as well as the Social Science Research Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include Utopian Communism in France: Cabet and the Icarians, 1839-1851 (Cornell, 1974) (nominated for a National Book Award in 1975); Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950 (Wayne State, 1989), and The Life and Death of Industrial Languedoc, 1700–1920: The Politics of De-Industrialization (Oxford, 1995).

“In all cases, the research is solid, not drawing from a single source, such as a series of   letters, but including a broad range of historical evidence. The analyses themselves are nicely nuanced and all connect with the main theoretical issues of the field, providing a lively discussion and indicating new directions for research. Scholars from many fields focusing on family and kinship, as well as general readers with an interest in family relations, will enjoy and find stimulation in this volume.”  ·  Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“This volume, and the wider project of which it forms one part, are significant contributions to the current re-assessment of kinship, and planned volumes on transnational families and the importance of blood in defining kin are eagerly awaited.”  ·  The Journal of Interdisciplinary History“The study of kinship remains a lively concern among historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. One of the very attractive features of the volume is its crossdisciplinary representation from these fields but also from literature…[and] the mix of senior and junior scholars.”  ·  Mary Lindemann, University of Miami“The essays are of uniform excellence and interest, written by established scholars, including very well known scholars; the essays also make a remarkably coherent set…[and] are well focused…the research is valuable, offering original perspectives on a number of issues, from kinship reckoning to industrialization, to emotional history. This is a very useful, and widely cited companion to the previous volume on kinship in Europe, a great introduction to the current research.”  ·  William Reddy, Duke University

• List of Figures and IllustrationsPrefaceChapter 1. From Siblingship to Siblinghood: Kinship and the Shaping of European Society (1300-1900)Christopher H. Johnson and David Warren SabeanPART I: PROPERTY, POLITICS, AND SIBLING STRATEGIES (LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN)Chapter 2. Dowry: Sharing Inheritance or Exclusion? Timing, Destination, and Contents of Transmission in Late Medieval and Early Modern FranceBernard DerouetChapter 3. Maintenance Regulations and Sibling Relations in the High Nobility of Late Medieval GermanyKarl-Heinz SpiessChapter 4. Do Sisters have Brothers?Or the Search for the “rechte Schwester”:Brothers and Sisters in Aristocratic Society at the Turn of the Sixteenth CenturyMichaela HohkampChapter 5. Subordinates, Patrons, and Most Beloved: Sibling Relationships in Seventeenth-Century German Court SocietySophie RuppelChapter 6. The Crown Prince’s Brothers and Sisters: Succession and Inheritance Problems and Solutions among the Hohenzollerns, from the Great Elector to Frederick the GreatBenjamin MarschkeChapter 7. The Evolution within Sibling Groups from one Kinship System to Another (Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries)Gérard DelillePART II: SIBLING RELATIONS, CLOSE MARRIAGE, AND HORIZONTAL KINSHIP, 1750-1900Chapter 8. Brother Trouble: Murder and Incest in Scottish BalladsRuth PerryChapter 9. Siblinghood and the Emotional Dimensions of the New Kinship System, 1800-1850: A French ExampleChristopher H. JohnsonChapter 10. Kinship and Issues of the Self in Europe around 1800David Warren SabeanChapter 11. Sisters, Wives, and the Sublimation of Desire in a Jewish-Protestant Friendship: The Letters of the Historian Johann Gustav Droysen and the Composer Felix Mendelssohn-BartholdyRegina SchulteChapter 12. Husband, Wife, and Sister: Making and Remaking the Early Victorian FamilyMary Jean CorbettChapter 13. Gender and Age in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Case of Anne, William, and Helen GladstoneLeonore DavidoffBibliography