Not Ozzie and Harriet: Postwar divorce and the American liberal welfare state

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-53

  Caldwell, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0032378858     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.1998.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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