Gentlewomanly capitalism? Spinsters, widows, and wealth holding in England and Wales, c. 1800-1860

Economic History Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 510-536

  Green, David R ^a   Owens, Alastair ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642569277     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2003.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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