Families, Status and Dynasties 1600-2000

This book takes a novel approach to family, exploring in detail how status is inherited and maintained within families; the process of upward social mobility; and how the roots of social decline start within families. The author also examines how rigidly

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RiitTa Jallinoja

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN STUDIES IN FAMILY AND INTIMATE LIFE

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life Series Editors Graham Allan Keele University United Kingdom Lynn Jamieson University of Edinburgh United Kingdom David H.J. Morgan University of Manchester United Kingdom

The Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life series is impressive and contemporary in its themes and approaches’ - Professor Deborah Chambers, Newcastle University, UK, and author of New Social Ties The remit of the Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life series is to publish major texts, monographs and edited collections focusing broadly on the sociological exploration of intimate relationships and family organization. The series covers a wide range of topics such as partnership, marriage, parenting, domestic arrangements, kinship, demographic change, intergenerational ties, life course transitions, step-families, gay and lesbian relationships, lone-parent households, and also non-familial intimate relationships such as friendships and includes works by leading figures in the field, in the UK and internationally, and aims to contribute to continue publishing influential and prize-winning research. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14676

Riitta Jallinoja

Families, Status and Dynasties 1600–2000

Riitta Jallinoja University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life ISBN 978-1-137-58072-6    ISBN 978-1-137-58073-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58073-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958222 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The