Family, Household and  Intergenerational Solidarity 

Roman Egypt in Cross-Cultural  Perspective

                                     Sabine R. Huebner

Habilitationsschrift

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2011.

Content:

I. Introduction: Family Strategies and Household Composition

II. Household Structures and Composition in Comparative Perspective

III. Individual and Household Life Cycles

IV. Intergenerational Reciprocity - Balancing Obligations and Entitlements on the Household Level

V. Widowhood, Remarriage and the Household Life Cycle

VI. Ageing and the Household

VII. Support Networks beyond Household Confines

VIII. Conclusion