Commercially Arranged Marriage Migration: Case Studies of Cross-border Marriages in Taiwan

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-303

  Lu, Melody Chia Wen ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34247670340     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097152150501200206     Document Type: Article

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