Class and credit: Social identity, wealth and the life course in early modern England

Identity and Agency in England, 1500-1800

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 147-177

  Muldrew, Craig ^a  

^a QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523104_6     Document Type: Chapter

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