Author : John Davis
Release : 1973
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Land and Family in Pisticci by : John Davis
Download or read book Land and Family in Pisticci written by John Davis. This book was released on 1973. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of family and inheritance systems is a traditionally anthropological one. Dr Davis has examined a South Italian town with records from 1814 and concludes that the present 'typical' European system is of recent adoption, a response to the gradual and peculiar integration of Pisticci into a nation-state and national economy. The account of landholding distinguishes carefully between legal rights and informal cessions of land, and agriculture is put into the context of other economic activities. Dr Davis emphasises the structural importance of kin, family and neighbourhood relationships as bases for the creation of more ephemeral ties of friendship, clientage and network.