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Wives walking away: concubinage, adultery, and violence in late colonial Bahia

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Wives walking away: concubinage, adultery, and violence in late colonial Bahia. / Nascimento, Selina Patel.
In: Women's History Review, Vol. 31, No. 2, 23.02.2022, p. 294-315.

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Nascimento, SP 2022, 'Wives walking away: concubinage, adultery, and violence in late colonial Bahia', Women's History Review, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 294-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2021.1908505

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Nascimento, S. P. (2022). Wives walking away: concubinage, adultery, and violence in late colonial Bahia. Women's History Review, 31(2), 294-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2021.1908505

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Nascimento SP. Wives walking away: concubinage, adultery, and violence in late colonial Bahia. Women's History Review. 2022 Feb 23;31(2):294-315. Epub 2021 Apr 19. doi: 10.1080/09612025.2021.1908505

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Nascimento, Selina Patel. / Wives walking away : concubinage, adultery, and violence in late colonial Bahia. In: Women's History Review. 2022 ; Vol. 31, No. 2. pp. 294-315.

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