TY - GEN N2 - 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. DO - 10.4159/9780674054141 DO - doi AB - 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. T1 - Incest and Influence :The Private Life of Bourgeois England / AU - Kuper, Adam, JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - HQ1026 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478838 KW - Consanguinity KW - Cross-cousin marriage KW - Domestic relations KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Incest KW - Middle class KW - SOCIAL SCIENCEĀ / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. SN - 9780674054141 TI - Incest and Influence :The Private Life of Bourgeois England / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054141 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054141 ER -