A Serbian VillageColumbia University Press, 1958 - 325 pages A condensed version of the author's doctoral dissertation published in 1956 under title: Social and cultural change in a Serbian village. |
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... meet , particularly from around Sjenica and Bjelo Polje . 21 The reason for their movement was primarily economic and ecological . The mountain regions where they had lived were capable of sustaining only a limited number of people and ...
... meet , particularly from around Sjenica and Bjelo Polje . 21 The reason for their movement was primarily economic and ecological . The mountain regions where they had lived were capable of sustaining only a limited number of people and ...
Page 96
... meet because of the burden of taxes and necessity of buying a few essentials . 39 These two examples also illustrate a change in the use of money . Formerly the primary function of cash was to purchase land , for the more land a peasant ...
... meet because of the burden of taxes and necessity of buying a few essentials . 39 These two examples also illustrate a change in the use of money . Formerly the primary function of cash was to purchase land , for the more land a peasant ...
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... meet a friend of mine I would say , " There , friend , my dream came true , " or if I remain in the village to be a good farmer I would meet my friend with the words , " There was a fantasy , but it disappeared , and I remained a ...
... meet a friend of mine I would say , " There , friend , my dream came true , " or if I remain in the village to be a good farmer I would meet my friend with the words , " There was a fantasy , but it disappeared , and I remained a ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Peasant Plowing with Cows BY BRANKO SEVENTH GRADE | 28 |
Copyright | |
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