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It was mentioned as a book from 1881 that first explicitly discussed the concept of hypergamy, specifically in relation to parents seeking to marry their daughters into a higher-status tribe.
I know that in 1881, it was first used or first found in a book kind of like explicitly written about in a book called Panjab Castes.
— Episode: Short Stuff: Marrying Up
Episode: Short Stuff: Marrying Up
It was mentioned as a book from 1881 that first explicitly discussed the concept of hypergamy, specifically in relation to parents seeking to marry their daughters into a higher-status tribe.
I know that in 1881, it was first used or first found in a book kind of like explicitly written about in a book called Panjab Castes.
That was a book by Sir Denzil Ibbotson where they talked about a man seeking to marry his daughter off to a member of a tribe superior to his own.
Episode: Short Stuff: Marrying Up
It was first mentioned in this book in 1881, as a concept of a man trying to marry his daughter into a tribe of higher status than his own.
I know that in 1881, it was first used or first found in a book kind of like explicitly written about in a book called Panjab Castes.
That was a book by Sir Denzil Ibbotson where they talked about a man seeking to marry his daughter off to a member of a tribe superior to his own.