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Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in south-western France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, and a prenuptial contract for her daughter. Taking a panoramic look at Aymard and her family over five generations and three centuries, Emma Rothschild reveals how the life of one ordinary extended family offers a remarkable record of deep social and economic changes. The result is an innovative history of social and family networks, emigration, immobility, the French Revolution, and the transformation of nineteenth-century economic life. -- page 4 of cover
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- Title
- An Infinite History
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Emma Rothschild
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 0691208182
- ISBN13
- 9780691208183
- Series
- Rating
- 2.95 out of 5
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- Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in south-western France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, and a prenuptial contract for her daughter. Taking a panoramic look at Aymard and her family over five generations and three centuries, Emma Rothschild reveals how the life of one ordinary extended family offers a remarkable record of deep social and economic changes. The result is an innovative history of social and family networks, emigration, immobility, the French Revolution, and the transformation of nineteenth-century economic life. -- page 4 of cover