@hbdchick terrifying news: Frankish heartland resumed cousin marriage 19th centurypic.twitter.com/vSodChfeFM
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@hbdchick @Sam_Schulman If most live in poverty -- Share of world living in poverty since 1820. https://twitter.com/maxcroser/status/630066216158261248 … ..
@harpersnotes @hbdchick @MaxCRoser period described is first mass non-poverty civilization: nw Europe 1750-1900
@Sam_Schulman @hbdchick @MaxCRoser Perhaps: Middle class draws in talent. Booms in size, wealth. Marries within to maintain wealth.
@harpersnotes @hbdchick @MaxCRoser and to ape their betters.
@hbdchick @Sam_Schulman (The rate of elopements might in some sense be an interesting measure in some cases, I wonder. A friend just did.)
@harpersnotes @hbdchick in which cousin marriage an attempt to RETAIN hierarchies when old markers of literacy & gentility disppearing
@hbdchick @Sam_Schulman Frontier (Turner) thesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Thesis … .. (BTW, I grew up in Alaska, "The Last Frontier" state slogan.)
@hbdchick @Sam_Schulman Frontier non-hierarchical societies with travel and trade: Hard to keep daughters from marrying away.
@hbdchick @Sam_Schulman Some thoughts. If most live in "poverty", can in a sense be a frontier society. Character valued, few possessions.
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