'There was Nobody like my Daddy': Fathers, the Family and the Marginalisation of Men in Modern Scotland

Scottish Historical Review

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-242

  Abrams, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASCULINITY; MEN; MEN'S HEALTH; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 71949096219     PISSN: 00369241     EISSN: 17500222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/shr.1999.78.2.219     Document Type: Article

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