A Serbian VillageA 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 25
But acorns were most important ; in fact , the standard greeting when one
Šumadijan met another in the forest was , “ Do you have acorns ? ” Some writers
go so far as to claim that since the better part of a household's labor force was
engaged ...
But acorns were most important ; in fact , the standard greeting when one
Šumadijan met another in the forest was , “ Do you have acorns ? ” Some writers
go so far as to claim that since the better part of a household's labor force was
engaged ...
Page 54
As we have already seen , they were formerly the most important livestock ,
fattened on the acorns in the then - abundant oak forests . Then , as the forest
disappeared , the number of pigs decreased drastically . In the latter part of the ...
As we have already seen , they were formerly the most important livestock ,
fattened on the acorns in the then - abundant oak forests . Then , as the forest
disappeared , the number of pigs decreased drastically . In the latter part of the ...
Page 147
He also assigns an important part to the women who became impatient working
under the orders of the wives of headmen , then dividing the results of their own
and their husbands ' work on equal terms with other members of the zadruga who
...
He also assigns an important part to the women who became impatient working
under the orders of the wives of headmen , then dividing the results of their own
and their husbands ' work on equal terms with other members of the zadruga who
...
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Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Serbian Village A Serbian Village, Joel Martin Halpern Volume 4 of Human relations area files: Serbs |
| Author | Joel Martin Halpern |
| Illustrated by | Barbara Kerewsky Halpern |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press, 1958 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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