Household Strategies for Survival 1600-2000

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Household Strategies for Survival 1600-2000 is written by Laurence Fontaine and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521001420 (ISBN 10) and 9780521001427 (ISBN 13).

This book considers the 'labouring poor' not simply as victims, but as actively pursuing a whole range of strategies for survival. These strategies included many economic activities. Building and maintaining networks of kinship and neighbourhood was equally important, as was negotiating support from institutions. Sometimes, strategies were successfully integrated within a household, while in other instances the domestic group was split and members preferred to pursue individual strategies. This illuminating book examines the European past using case studies from present-day situations in Asia and Africa.