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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Page 57
... wheat was almost exclusively a cash crop- " The wheat was sold , putting away only enough for seeds and holidays . ' Poorer peasants sold their wheat crop right away , in order to have enough money to pay taxes , and they used surplus ...
... wheat was almost exclusively a cash crop- " The wheat was sold , putting away only enough for seeds and holidays . ' Poorer peasants sold their wheat crop right away , in order to have enough money to pay taxes , and they used surplus ...
Page 58
... wheat from his land he was considered a gazda . " Peasants today who have only very small amounts of land ( about two hectares or less ) grow just corn , since it gives a greater yield per hectare than wheat . The usual practice on most ...
... wheat from his land he was considered a gazda . " Peasants today who have only very small amounts of land ( about two hectares or less ) grow just corn , since it gives a greater yield per hectare than wheat . The usual practice on most ...
Page 66
... wheat . A scythe is the standard tool used , and under a blazing sun men laboriously cut swathes through the tall wheat . The women follow behind , gathering and binding the grain . Reaping by this method is very strenuous work , and a ...
... wheat . A scythe is the standard tool used , and under a blazing sun men laboriously cut swathes through the tall wheat . The women follow behind , gathering and binding the grain . Reaping by this method is very strenuous work , and 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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