What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940
This study focuses on the seasonal pattern of marriages in seven provinces of the Netherlands from 1810 to 1940. We ask whether the prevalence of May as the preferred marriage month was diminishing when industrialization changed the course of workload over the year. And if so, when did this occur,...
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Language: | English |
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International Instititute of Social History
2017-09-01
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Series: | Historical Life Course Studies |
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Online Access: | https://www.openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9346 |