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.