{"product_id":"growing-up-fatherless-in-antiquity-david-m-ratzan-9781107404069","title":"Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity","description":"As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on the cultures, politics, and families of the ancient world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. Ratzan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1107404061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781107404069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"David M. Ratzan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526217748735,"sku":"9781107404069","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d872b95d-32a9-4d4c-87bd-67dd54c5f966.jpg?v=1737555533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-up-fatherless-in-antiquity-david-m-ratzan-9781107404069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}