The making of the modern Greek family : marriage and exchange in nineteenth-century Athens / Paul Sant Cassia with Constantina Bada.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)1992.Description: xv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ662 .M355 1992
  • HQ662
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Contents:
List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: history, family and the 'other' in Greece -- Men and houses, women and households -- Marriage, women and land in nineteenth-century Athens -- Gifts and commodities, cash and trousseaux -- 'For one's soul': adoption, fosterage and the growth of koumbaria -- The family and emotional life -- Conclusion: exchange, marriage and the person -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: history, family and the 'other' in Greece -- Men and houses, women and households -- Marriage, women and land in nineteenth-century Athens -- Gifts and commodities, cash and trousseaux -- 'For one's soul': adoption, fosterage and the growth of koumbaria -- The family and emotional life -- Conclusion: exchange, marriage and the person -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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