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  2. Genealogy - Wikipedia

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    The family tree of Louis III, Duke of Württemberg (ruled 1568–1593) The family tree of "the Landas", a 17th-century family [1]. Genealogy (from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía) 'the making of a pedigree') [2] is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.

  3. History of the family - Wikipedia

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    Research on the history of the family crosses disciplines and cultures, aiming to understand the structure and function of the family from many viewpoints. For example, sociological, ecological or economical perspectives are used to view the interrelationships between the individual, their relatives, and the historical time. [1] The study of ...

  4. Family in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Elder Jr, Glen H. "History and the family: The discovery of complexity." Journal of Marriage and the Family (1981): 489-519. online; Gutman, Herbert G. The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925 (Vintage, 1977). Hareven, Tamara K. "The history of the family and the complexity of social change." American Historical Review 96.1 (1991): 95 ...

  5. Education - Wikipedia

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    Secondary education succeeds primary education and typically spans the ages of 12 to 18 years. It is normally divided into lower secondary education (such as middle school or junior high school) and upper secondary education (like high school, senior high school, or college, depending on the country). Lower secondary education usually requires ...

  6. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the same data showed that the ratio of school education versus home education rose from .25 in 1771–1773 to 1.68 in 1787–1804. [101] While some African Americans managed to achieve literacy, southern states largely prohibited schooling to blacks.

  7. History of education - Wikipedia

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    The history of education in modern India, 1757-1998 (Orient Longman, 2000) Lee, Thomas H. C. Education in traditional China: a history (2000) Jayapalan N. History Of Education In India (2005) excerpt and text search; Price, Ronald Francis. Education in modern China (Routledge, 2014) Sharma, Ram Nath. History of education in India (1996) excerpt ...

  8. Centuries of Childhood - Wikipedia

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    "The Child and Family Life in the Ancien Régime [1]) is a 1960 book on the history of childhood by French historian Philippe Ariès known in English by its 1962 translation. [2] It is considered the most famous book on the subject, [ 2 ] and it is known for its argument that the concept of " childhood " is a modern development.

  9. Education in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Education in ancient Rome progressed from an informal, familial system of education in the early Republic to a tuition-based system during the late Republic and the Empire. The Roman education system was based on the Greek system – and many of the private tutors in the Roman system were enslaved Greeks or freedmen.