Dynasty: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [617, 1st ed.]

Combines history and anthropology in a global examination of families on the throne Discusses dynastic impulses and prac

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Dynasty: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [617, 1st ed.]

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Jeroen Duindam

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History

Table of contents :
List of illustrations
Dynasties past and present

1 Shaping the family
2 Paterfamilias: it’s hard to be the boss
3 Women and dynastic power
4 Embedding the family
5 Persistence and change
6 The dynastic impulse in the modern world

Epilogue
References
Further reading
Index

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