Machine generated contents note: I The concept of the household-family -- Introduction -- The concept of the household-family -- 'My family at home': Thomas Turner's diary -- Categorical definitions and further usages -- 2 The concept of the household-family in novels and conduct -- treatises -- Introduction -- The concept of the household-family in two novels -- The concept of the household-family in two conduct treatises -- The family timetable -- Conclusion -- 3 The concept of the lineage-family -- Introduction -- Thomas Turner's concept of the lineage-family -- The Pelham family -- The concept of the lineage-family in two conduct treatises -- The concept of the lineage-family in two novels -- Conclusion -- 4 The language of kinship -- The kinship-family -- The historiography and the language of kinship -- Recognition and opacity -- Incorporation and differentiation -- Plurality -- Diffusion -- Conclusion -- 5 Friends -- Introduction -- Who were Thomas Turner's friends? -- Related friends -- Friendship in marriage -- Thomas Turner's select friends -- Conclusion -- 6 Political friends -- 7 Ideas about friendship and the constructions of friendship in -- literary texts -- Introduction -- The measures and offices of friendship -- The friends of Miss Betsy Thoughtless -- Who are Clarissa's friends? -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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