Property, gender and the life course: Inheritance and family welfare provision in early nineteenth-century England

Social History

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-317

  Owens, Alastair ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008509414     PISSN: 03071022     EISSN: 14701200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071020110070882     Document Type: Note

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