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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"marriage and kinship"”.
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Social mobility, marriage and kinship among some gentry and yeoman families of Wantage Hundred, c. 1520 - c. 1670
The core of this thesis is the study of 12 gentry and yeoman families resident in Wantage Hundred between 1522 and 1670. Particular attention will be paid to the 4 main strategies of land acquisition, marriage, office-holding and education that could be adopted by each family group for advancement. …
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Domestic chains, carceral lives: women’s pathways to and experiences of incarceration through the lens of love, marriage, and kinship in India
… aims to provide a culturally nuanced understanding of women’s pathways to and experiences of incarceration in two states of northern India: Punjab and Rajasthan. Drawing on ethnographic research in seven closed and two open prisons, along with in-depth interviews with 127 incarcerated women – …
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Cakaudrove : ideology and reality in a Fijian confederation
… a confederation of chiefdoms in eastern Fiji, and then contrasts it with the reality of power possession. According to the ideology, the paramount Tui Cakau was a godlike figure who, by mediating between the temporal and spiritual worlds, controlled the material and political prosperity of the …
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Cakaudrove : ideology and reality in a Fijian confederation
… a confederation of chiefdoms in eastern Fiji, and then contrasts it with the reality of power possession. According to the ideology, the paramount Tui Cakau was a godlike figure who, by mediating between the temporal and spiritual worlds, controlled the material and political prosperity of the …