Maids to the city: Migration patterns of female domestic servants from the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands (1850-1950)

History of the Family

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-246

  Bras, Hilde ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maids; Migration patterns; Servant migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038795395     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-602X(03)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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