Youth, violence, and courtship in late-Victorian Birmingham: The case of James Harper and Emily Pimm

History of the Family

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-120

  Davies, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Courtship; Gangs; Gender relations; Slums; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648958873     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hisfam.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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