A little enterprise of her own: Lodging-house keeping and the accommodation business in nineteenth-century London

London Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 41-53

  Kay, Alison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; URBAN HISTORY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642481741     PISSN: 03058034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ldn.2003.28.2.41     Document Type: Article

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