Women behaving badly: Gender and aggression in a military town, 1653-1781

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 289-298

  Warner, Jessica ^a   Graham, Kathryn ^a   Adlaf, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early modern England; Gendered aggression; Interpersonal aggression; Physical dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744367665     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-2673-6     Document Type: Review

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