Social change, the institution of service and youth: The case of service in the lives of rural-born Dutch women, 1840-1940

Continuity and Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-264

  Bras, Hilde ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL HISTORY;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7044231518     PISSN: 02684160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0268416004004989     Document Type: Article

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