The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village : : (Published in cloth as Santa Maria del Monte) / / Ruth Behar.
This study of a northern Spanish community shows how the residents of Santa MarÁa del Monte have acted together at critical times to ensure the survival of their traditional forms of social organization. The survival of these forms has allowed the villagers, in turn, to weather demographic, politica...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1991 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. -- 1. A Portrait of a Landscape and of a People -- Part Two -- 2. The Village House -- 3. An Archaeology of the House -- 4. The Idiom of Equal Inheritance -- 5. Parents and Children -- 6. Setting Up House -- Par Three -- 7. The Concejo as an Assembly -- 8. The Concejo as a Polity -- 9. The Concejo as a Moral Presence -- Part Four -- 10. The Web of Use-Rights -- 11. The Common Herds -- 12. The Common Lands -- 13. The Common Woods -- 14. The State and the Commons -- Part Five -- 15. The Presence of the Past -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Two Life Histories from Santa Maria -- Appendix B. Population and Economy -- Appendix C. Distribution of Responses to the Ateneo Questionnaire of 1901-1902 in the Province of Leon -- Afterword -- Notes -- Weighs, Measures, and Monetary Units -- Glossary -- Principal Archival Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This study of a northern Spanish community shows how the residents of Santa MarÁa del Monte have acted together at critical times to ensure the survival of their traditional forms of social organization. The survival of these forms has allowed the villagers, in turn, to weather demographic, political, and economic crises over the centuries.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400862399 9783110413441 9783110413601 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400862399 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ruth Behar. |