(The) culture of giving : informal support and gift-exchange in early modern England

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 자료제공 :
• List of illustrations vii
• List of tables viii
• Acknowledgements ix
• List of abbreviations xi
• Introduction 1
• Gift giving and reciprocity 5
• Formal/informal, voluntary/involuntary 9
• Informal support and credit 12
• Themes and structure 13
• Social spaces and reciprocities 15
• Parents and offspring 17
• Parental investment 18
• Unequal exchange 29
• Gendered obligations 38
• Conclusion 41
• Networks of support 45
• Kinship as a support system 47
• Households and neighbourhoods 58
• Patrons and friends 70
• Conclusion 79
• Parishes, guilds and associations 82
• Informal parochial collections 84
• Guilds as providers of welfare 95
• Mutual aid societies 106
• Conclusion 111
• The charitable gift 113
• Testamentary bequests 115
• Lifetime gifts 122
• Household charities 126
• Associated philanthropy 134
• Conclusion 140
• The economy of giving 143
• Cultivating the obligation to give 145
• Inheritance, gifts and the family bond 146
• Gifts, feasts and networks of trust 156
• Feasting and commensality in close-knit groups 169
• Controlling charitable gifts 180
• Conclusion 192
• Honour and reputation 195
• The deference of written appeals 196
• Gift giving as status signals 205
• Displays of generosity 214
• Commemorating good deeds 227
• Conclusion 240
• Discourses of giving 242
• Protestantism and the imperative to give 244
• Civility, liberality, reciprocity 255
• Funeral sermons, good works and gifts 261
• Conclusion 272
• The perils of gifts 275
• Frustration, betrayal and the collapse of the family bond 276
• Spirals of resentment, insult and strife 286
• Cheating, abuse and the corruption of gifts 293
• Shame and humiliation 298
• Conclusion 304
• The state, markets and gifts 307
• Evolving boundaries 309
• Exclusionary practices and state control of mobility 310
• Dearth, plague and informal support 315
• Labour markets and migration to towns 321
• Conclusion 330
• The invigoration of informal support 333
• State policies, gifts and networks of care 334
• The legal system and informal support 347
• Markets, consumerism and gifts 352
• Urban identities and beyond 366
• Conclusion 372
• Conclusion 376
• Bibliography 390
• Index 418