This study traces the effects of economic changes on a community of Breton peasants followed over fifteen generations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; 1. A mobile population; 2. A population explosion; 3. To each his (or her) share: an egalitarian (partible) system of property transmission; 4. Regular relinking through affinal marriage; 5. The Bigouden wedding ceremony; 6. The sea in abeyance; 7. Frozen hierarchies and social relations; 8. Tradition and modernity: the years 1880-1980; 9. The importance of being kin; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.