The Family Life of a Bureaucratic Bourgeoisie during the Absolutist State Siam
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Family life operates within the framework of the socio-political structure. Patronizing relationships, which formed the core of traditional social relations, were also applied among family members. Life within the household, therefore, overlapped with life in the external political society; for example, the master must patronize the commoners, and similarly, the head of a family must patronize various family members. The family life of the bureaucratic bourgeoisie was different in several ways. The modern bourgeoisie did not favor having concubines and was not obligated to support subordinate servants. However, patronizing relationships within the family still existed, though they were limited to those related by blood. The husband, as the head of the family, was responsible for supporting his wife and children, as well as dependent siblings and relatives. The bureaucratic bourgeois family was therefore less private than families in a modern society.
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