Kinship, Community, and Self Essays in Honor of David Warren Sabean [Hardcover]

David Warren Sabean was a pioneer in the historical-anthropological study of kinship, community, and selfhood in early modern and modern Europe. His career has helped shape the discipline of history through his supervision of dozens of graduate students and his influence on countless other scholars. This book collects wide-ranging essays demonstrating the impact of Sabeans work has on scholars of diverse time periods and regions, all revolving around the prominent issues that have framed his career: kinship, community, and self. The significance of David Warren Sabeans scholarship is reflected in original research contributed by former students and essays written by his contemporaries, demonstrating Sabeans impact on the discipline of history.

Claudia Verhoevenis Associate Professor of History at Cornell University. She is the author ofThe Odd Man Karakozov: Imperial Russia, Modernity, and the Birth of Terrorism(2009) and co-editor ofThe Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism(forthcoming, 2014).

Preface

Introduction:Sabeans Swabians: A Study of Kith and Kin
Thomas A. Brady Jr.

Kinship

Chapter 1.As a Brother Should Be: Siblings, Kinship, and Community in Carolingian Europe
Dana M. Polanichka

Chapter 2.The Legal Pitfalls of Marriage Brokerage in Nineteenth-Century France
Andrea Mansker

Chapter 3.Married to the Bottle: Drunk Husbands and Wives in Wilhelmine Germany
Kevin D. Goldberg

Chapter 4.A Home for Mothers in Vienna: Community and Crisis
Britta McEwen

Chapter 5.Of Queens and Kinship: Politics and Legacies in the Colonial Pacific
Matt K. Matsuda

Chapter 6.The Making of a Japanese Rural Christian Community: Conversion Through Family NetworkslsC