Cousin marriage in south-western england in the nineteenth century

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-414

  Day, Cathy ^a   Smith, Malcolm ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHOLICISM; CONSANGUINITY; HISTORY; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PEDIGREE; PROTESTANTISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; RELIGION;

CATHOLICISM; CONSANGUINITY; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONS; PEDIGREE; PROTESTANTISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84875916621     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000491     Document Type: Article

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