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 166
... gazda and the connotations it has for the Orašac peasant . Above all , it is a relative term . Within the memory of some of the older villagers , a gazda was considered to be " a man who had a yield of 500 kilos of wheat from his land ...
... gazda and the connotations it has for the Orašac peasant . Above all , it is a relative term . Within the memory of some of the older villagers , a gazda was considered to be " a man who had a yield of 500 kilos of wheat from his land ...
Page 167
... gazda " in Orašac . There were other factors influencing an individual's status . Schooling , particularly the ability to read and write , was im- portant . A gazda rarely was illiterate even though he may have had but two or three ...
... gazda " in Orašac . There were other factors influencing an individual's status . Schooling , particularly the ability to read and write , was im- portant . A gazda rarely was illiterate even though he may have had but two or three ...
Page 168
... gazda . This is not to say that every gazda was of sterling character but , rather , that his status in the community was very much dependent on factors other than eco- nomic power . All this helps to explain why clearly defined class ...
... gazda . This is not to say that every gazda was of sterling character but , rather , that his status in the community was very much dependent on factors other than eco- nomic power . All this helps to explain why clearly defined class ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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