The making of the modern Greek family : marriage and exchange in nineteenth-century Athens

Title
  1. The making of the modern Greek family : marriage and exchange in nineteenth-century Athens / Paul Sant Cassia with Constantina Bada.
Published by
  1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Author
  1. Sant Cassia, Paul.

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Additional authors
  1. Bada, Constantina.
Description
  1. xv, 282 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series statement
  1. Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 77
Uniform title
  1. Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 77.
Subject
  1. 1800-1899
  2. Families > Greece > Athens > History > 19th century
  3. Marriage > Greece > Athens > History > 19th century
  4. Economic history
  5. Families
  6. Marriage
  7. Familie
  8. Bruidsgift
  9. Huwelijk
  10. Families > Greece, Modern > Athens > History > 19th century
  11. Famille > Grèce > Athènes (Grèce) > 19e siècle
  12. Mariage > Grèce > Athènes (Grèce) > 19e siècle
  13. Athens (Greece) > Economic conditions
  14. Greece > Athens
  15. Athènes (Grèce) > Conditions économiques
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: history, family and the 'other' in Greece -- Men and houses, women and households -- Marriage, women and land in nineteenth-century Athens -- Gifts and commodities, cash and trousseaux -- 'For one's soul': adoption, fosterage and the growth of koumbaria -- The family and emotional life -- Conclusion: exchange, marriage and the person -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-274) and index.