@article{1478838, author = {Kuper, Adam, }, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478838}, title = {Incest and Influence : The Private Life of Bourgeois England /}, abstract = {Like many gentlemen of his time, Charles Darwin married his first cousin. In fact, marriages between close relatives were commonplace in nineteenth-century England, and Adam Kuper argues that they played a crucial role in the rise of the bourgeoisie. This groundbreaking study brings out the connection between private lives, public fortunes, and the history of imperial Britain.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674054141}, recid = {1478838}, pages = {1 online resource (304 p.)}, }