Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Intergenerational solidarity and family support networks in cross-cultural perspective; 2. Household structures, marriage patterns and inheritance strategies; 3. Balancing benefits and obligations - parents and children over the life course; 4. Widowhood, remarriage and residence patterns; 5. Growing old in the household; 6. The patriarchal household and the incoming daughter-in-law; 7. Childless old age - the worst of all fates?; 8. Conclusions.
The family in Roman Egypt : a comparative approach to intergenerational solidarity and conflict by Sabine R. Huebner. ISBN 9781107011137. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.