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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... things , and here is the first thing about me : I was never ill . For fifteen years I ate corn bread , and white bread only on Sundays . This was before the Turkish War , and the rest of the peasants used to do the same . On Wednesdays ...
... things , and here is the first thing about me : I was never ill . For fifteen years I ate corn bread , and white bread only on Sundays . This was before the Turkish War , and the rest of the peasants used to do the same . On Wednesdays ...
Page 215
... things much better . They tried to explain things to him but he rarely listened . When he got angry he used to tell them , " Whoever doesn't want to do as I order shall leave home . " Because his sons were married , grandfather never ...
... things much better . They tried to explain things to him but he rarely listened . When he got angry he used to tell them , " Whoever doesn't want to do as I order shall leave home . " Because his sons were married , grandfather never ...
Page 217
... things in a hurry and ran home as fast as I could , being terribly afraid of the dark and wild animals . You see , I worked the whole day , and in the evening I trembled with fear , and when I reached home my heart was beating like a ...
... things in a hurry and ran home as fast as I could , being terribly afraid of the dark and wild animals . You see , I worked the whole day , and in the evening I trembled with fear , and when I reached home my heart was beating like 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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