Long way to headship, short way to retirement: Adopted sons in a northeastern village in pre-industrial Japan

History of the Family

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-410

  Kurosu, Satomi ^a  

^a National Institutes for the Humanities International Research Center for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

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EID: 0032324994     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-602X(99)80254-1     Document Type: Article

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