Newlyweds, young families, and spinsters: A consideration of developmental cycle in historical archaeologies of gender

International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-36

  Rotman, Deborah L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental cycle; Gender; Ideology; Social relations

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 22144488771     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-005-5670-0     Document Type: Review

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