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Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900 Muriel Nazzari
Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900
Muriel Nazzari
Why did a practice that had been considered a duty stop being a duty, or, conversely, why did daughters lose the right they had previously enjoyed of receiving from their parents the wherewithal to contribute to the support of their marriage? Despite the many anthropological studies about dowry, this book offers an analysis of its disappearance.
265 pages, tables, figures, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 1, 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804719285 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 268 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 548 g |