The Life of Property: House, Family and Inheritance in Béarn, South-West France

by Timothy Jenkins

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In B arn, a region of south-west France, longstanding and resilient ideas of property and practices of inheritance control the destinies of those living in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Based on extensive fieldwork and archival research that combines ethnography and intellectual history, this study explores the long-term continuities of this particular way of life within a broad framework. These local ideas have found expression twice at the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:184545667X

ISBN13:9781845456672

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.99 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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