The place of migration in girls' imagination

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-280

  Thorsen, Dorte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952912807     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.41.2.265     Document Type: Article

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