Rural-urban migration and socioeconomic mobility in Victorian Britain

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-35

  Long, Jason ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NINETEENTH CENTURY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17744376149     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050705050011     Document Type: Article

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