Beschreibung:
This 1991 study deals with a specific set of institutions in nineteenth-century Athens.
List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: history, family and the 'other' in Greece; 2. Men and houses, women and households; 3. Marriage, women and land in nineteenth-century Athens; 4. Gifts and commodities, cash and trousseaux; 5. 'For one's soul': adoption, fosterage and the growth of koumbaria; 6. The family and emotional life; 7. Conclusion: exchange, marriage and the person; Notes; References; Index.