Sant Cassia, Paul,

The making of the modern Greek family : marriage and exchange in nineteenth-century Athens / Paul Sant Cassia with Constantina Bada. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)1992. - xv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



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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Families--History--Greece--Athens--19th century.
Marriage--History--Greece--Athens--19th century.

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