A Serbian VillageHarper & Row, 1967 - 358 pages |
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Page 27
... peasants , like their brethren in other parts of the world , managed to avoid a good share of them . In addition to taxes , the peasant needed money to pay for the services of craftsmen and to purchase such items as salt and gunpowder ...
... peasants , like their brethren in other parts of the world , managed to avoid a good share of them . In addition to taxes , the peasant needed money to pay for the services of craftsmen and to purchase such items as salt and gunpowder ...
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... peasant leaders from the other peasants became evident -familiar only with Turkish traditions of government , they saw nothing wrong in enriching themselves , often at the expense of the poorer peasants . When Karadjordje began to ...
... peasant leaders from the other peasants became evident -familiar only with Turkish traditions of government , they saw nothing wrong in enriching themselves , often at the expense of the poorer peasants . When Karadjordje began to ...
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... peasants ' debts continued to be one of the crucial problems of Serbia until well into the twentieth century . Despite the emergence of traders and a centrally controlled bureaucracy , Serbia continued to be a peasant state with strong ...
... peasants ' debts continued to be one of the crucial problems of Serbia until well into the twentieth century . Despite the emergence of traders and a centrally controlled bureaucracy , Serbia continued to be a peasant state with strong ...
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The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
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