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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Main Author: Theo Engelen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Instititute of Social History 2017-09-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:https://www.openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9346