Fifteen Generations of Bretons: Kinship and Society in Lower Brittany, 1720 1980
(Book #75 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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The Bigouden region in south-west Brittany may appear to be extremely 'traditional', but over the centuries it has witnessed much social and economic change, with the introduction of commercial fishing and a canning industry in the 1880s and, more recently, the development of tourism and restructuring of agriculture. Following a community of Breton peasants over fifteen generations, Martine Segalen traces the effects of these economic changes on family...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521040558
ISBN13:9780521040556
Release Date:September 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:356 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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