Service to servitude? The decline and demise of life-cycle service in England

History of the Family

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-386

  Cooper, Sheila McIsaac ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fictive kinship; Life cycle; Migration; Servants; Social status; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744440143     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hisfam.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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