{"product_id":"far-from-the-church-bells-settlement-and-society-in-an-apulian-town-paperback-9780521026178","title":"Far from the Church Bells; Settlement and Society in an Apulian Town (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521026178","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFar from the Church Bells\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSettlement and Society in an Apulian Town\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book focuses on the unusual nature of peasant society in the region and attempts to explain how it came about.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony H. Galt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521026178, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 April 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.427 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Galt's book provides an excellent, well-documented account of a different system of land contract and its consequences on settlement in Southern Italy.\"   Nicholas J. Esposito, American Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is an historical and anthropological study of Locorotondo in the province of Bari in south-eastern Italy. It focuses on the unusual nature of peasant society in the region and attempts to explain how it came about. What distinguishes Locorotondo and the neighbouring towns is that peasants live dispersed in the countryside rather than in densely populated rural towns, the pattern more typical for southern Italy. The people are mainly small proprietor grape growers, and have traditionally been better off than other southern Italian peasants. The book traces the development pattern from the eighteenth century. Interweaving anthropological understanding with historical data, the author assesses its effect on family life, social structure, and the relationship between town and country.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Remembered Present: 2. Work and the crowded countryside\u003cbr\u003e 3. Inside Locorotondo\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Documented Past: 4. Settlement and economy under the waning old order\u003cbr\u003e 5. Society and terminal feudalism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rural settlement in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 7. How peasants populated the countryside\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Emergent Social and Political Patterns: 8. Rural social structure\u003cbr\u003e 9. Town and country\u003cbr\u003e 10. Some comparisons\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Italian and dialect terms\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006175400216,"sku":"9780521026178","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521026178i_a0e53876-1372-4f2f-ad66-3f15d7982f2d.jpg?v=1694964681","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/far-from-the-church-bells-settlement-and-society-in-an-apulian-town-paperback-9780521026178","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}