European society in the eighteenth century witnessed
A) earlier ages of marriage for both brides and grooms.
B) the continued dominance of the nuclear family.
C) the declining importance of the woman in the "family economy."
D) rapidly declining rates of illegitimate births and a consequent decline in infanticide.
E) the establishment of households containing all members of newly married couples' extended families.
B
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A) By shipping the slaves to Brazil, which Portugal controlled. B) By breeding new slave generations in the Americas. C) By the sale of slaves to European noble families. D) By large scale sales to the Muslims in the Arab countries. E) By continuous shipment of slaves to the Caribbean islands.
An outgrowth of the development of psychiatry and its popularity in the West was increased
a. interest in Eastern philosophies. b. feelings of shame about sex. c. introspection. d. recognition that mental disorders were really chemical disorders in the brain.
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A. Central Asian Mongols. B. Scandinavian Vikings. C. Byzantines from Constantinople. D. the Germanic Holy Roman Emperors. E. Hungarian Magyars.
Which book had to be defended in court against charges of obscenity?
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