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"...everywhere she went I had to tag along beside her": Family, life course and everyday mobility in England since the 1940s.

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"...everywhere she went I had to tag along beside her": Family, life course and everyday mobility in England since the 1940s. / Pooley, Colin; Turnbull, Jean; Adams, Mags.
In: The History of the Family, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2005, p. 119-36.

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Pooley, C, Turnbull, J & Adams, M 2005, '"...everywhere she went I had to tag along beside her": Family, life course and everyday mobility in England since the 1940s.', The History of the Family, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 119-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hisfam.2004.11.001

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Pooley, C., Turnbull, J., & Adams, M. (2005). "...everywhere she went I had to tag along beside her": Family, life course and everyday mobility in England since the 1940s. The History of the Family, 10(2), 119-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hisfam.2004.11.001

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Pooley C, Turnbull J, Adams M. "...everywhere she went I had to tag along beside her": Family, life course and everyday mobility in England since the 1940s. The History of the Family. 2005;10(2):119-36. doi: 10.1016/j.hisfam.2004.11.001

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Pooley, Colin ; Turnbull, Jean ; Adams, Mags. / "...everywhere she went I had to tag along beside her": Family, life course and everyday mobility in England since the 1940s. In: The History of the Family. 2005 ; Vol. 10, No. 2. pp. 119-36.

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