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Download fileSmall town development and urban illiteracy: comparative evidence from Leicestershire marriage registers 1754-1890
"Based on the analysis of Anglican marriage registers for the period 1754 to 1890, the article explores patterns of illiteracy in three small Leicestershire [England] towns with contrasting economic functions. Illiteracy levels were closely related to urban occupational and social structures, which also affected distinct gender differentials. Evidence [of] the effect of literacy on age at marriage and marriage distance suggests that demographic behaviour and spatial interaction were determined more by socio-economic factors than by the possession of literacy skills. Literacy attainment, however, was linked to extended marriage distances when both spouses could sign the register." [excerpt]
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Historische Sozialforschung = Historical social research / Zentrum für Historische Sozialforschung, Köln in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften, BonnVolume
23Issue
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202 - 230Citation
HOYLER, M., 1998. Small town development and urban illiteracy: comparative evidence from Leicestershire marriage registers 1754-1890. Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung, 23 (1 /2), pp. 202 - 230.Publisher
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Reproduced with kind permission of the journal Historical Social Research [© 1998, Center for Historical Social Research / Zentrum für Historische Sozialforschung]. The journal's website is at: https://www.gesis.org/en/hsr/current-issues/ Journal archive: https://www.gesis.org/en/hsr/full-text-archive/ISSN
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