A Serbian VillageHarper & Row, 1967 - 358 pages |
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Page 27
... amount of produce found its way into commercial channels . The chief reason for this was the large number of taxes levied by the Turks - even assuming that these peasants , like their brethren in other parts of the world , managed to ...
... amount of produce found its way into commercial channels . The chief reason for this was the large number of taxes levied by the Turks - even assuming that these peasants , like their brethren in other parts of the world , managed to ...
Page 56
... amount of cultivated land in Orašac has doubled , from 678 hectares in 1895 to 1,354 in 1953 . The amount of arable land per capita has increased at the same time ; in 1895 there were 0.43 hectares per capita , and in 1953 , 0.63.7 The ...
... amount of cultivated land in Orašac has doubled , from 678 hectares in 1895 to 1,354 in 1953 . The amount of arable land per capita has increased at the same time ; in 1895 there were 0.43 hectares per capita , and in 1953 , 0.63.7 The ...
Page 167
... amount of labor in his zadruga , usually by the number of able - bodied sons , broth- ers , and nephews . All other factors being equal , a man who had only daughters could not expect to progress very far . Livestock trading was very ...
... amount of labor in his zadruga , usually by the number of able - bodied sons , broth- ers , and nephews . All other factors being equal , a man who had only daughters could not expect to progress very far . Livestock trading was very ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Copyright | |
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