Deciding whom to marry in a rural two-class society: Social homogamy and constraints in the marriage market in Rendalen, Norway, 1750-1900

International Review of Social History

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 43-63

  Bull, Hans Henrik ^a  

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EID: 29344460667     PISSN: 00208590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020859005002063     Document Type: Review

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