The politics of the doorstep: Female survival strategies and the legacy of the miners' strike 1984- 85

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-327

  Spence, Jean ^a   Stephenson, Carol ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Kinship; Miners' strike; Neighbourhood; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547797854     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800701456252     Document Type: Review

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