Central European household and family systems, and the 'Hajnal-Mitterauer' line: The parish of Bujakow (18th-19th centuries)

History of the Family

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-42

  Szołtysek, Mikołaj ^a  

^a Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Developmental cycle; Headship transmission; Household systems; Silesia; Stem family

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548798005     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hisfam.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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