Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (348 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 1987
Series Statement:
Princeton Legacy Library
Parallel Title:
Print version Men Who Migrate, Women Who Wait : Population and History in a Portuguese Parish
DDC:
304.6/09469/12
Keywords:
Marriage History
;
Fertility, Human History
;
Lanhezes (Portugal) Population
;
History
;
Portugal Case studies Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
Main description: The author examines not only the imbalance in the marital fortunes of men and women but its effect on the roles of women in the community.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Description / Table of Contents:
FrontmatterCONTENTSList of TablesList of Figures and MapAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One. The Parish of Lanheses: Demography, Economy, Social Structure and ReligionChapter Two. Emigration and Return Migration in Portuguese HistoryChapter Three. Family and Household: Nuptiality in LanhesesChapter Four. Having Children: Fertility in LanhesesChapter Five. Children Out of Wedlock: Illegitimacy in LanhesesConclusionAppendix One. Sources: The Parish Registers and Other DocumentsAppendix Two. Recognition Which the Inhabitants of This Parish Made of Their Practices and CustomsNotesBibliographyIndexBackmatter.
DOI:
10.1515/9781400858224
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