Intensification of family relations?: Changes in the choice of marriage witnesses in the Netherlands, 1830-1950

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 102-135

  Bras, Hilde ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84863955995     PISSN: 15721701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/tseg.347     Document Type: Review

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