Relatives, friends and patronage. Network, mobility and social reproduction in the bourgeoisie and oligarchy at the end of the Ancien Régime (Albacete, 1750-1808)

Abstract

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Keywords

• elite de poder
• burguesía
• estrategias familiares
• reproducción social
• red social