Sant Cassia, Paul,

The making of the modern Greek family : marriage and exchange in nineteenth-century Athens / [print] Paul Sant Cassia with Constantina Bada. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [(c)1992. - xv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 77 .



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.


Athens (Greece)--Social conditions.

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