{"product_id":"fifteen-generations-of-bretons-kinship-and-society-in-lower-brittany-1720-1980-paperback-9780521040556","title":"Fifteen Generations of Bretons; Kinship and Society in Lower Brittany, 1720–1980 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521040556","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFifteen Generations of Bretons\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eKinship and Society in Lower Brittany, 1720–1980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis study traces the effects of economic changes on a community of Breton peasants followed over fifteen generations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartine Segalen (Author), J. A. Underwood (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521040556, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.543 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 life and analyses the strategies of marriage alliance and inheritance which were used to shore up social hierarchies. She thus reveals the importance of kinship networks in social intercourse, both today and in the past. The value of Dr Segalen's study lies both in the cage material, which is of interest for what it reveals about the social history of the French peasantry and peasants in general, and, more particularly, in the methodology she applies which combines anthropological, historical and demographic approaches.\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 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. A mobile population\u003cbr\u003e 2. A population explosion\u003cbr\u003e 3. To each his (or her) share: an egalitarian (partible) system of property transmission\u003cbr\u003e 4. Regular relinking through affinal marriage\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Bigouden wedding ceremony\u003cbr\u003e 6. The sea in abeyance\u003cbr\u003e 7. Frozen hierarchies and social relations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Tradition and modernity: the years 1880–1980\u003cbr\u003e 9. The importance of being kin\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\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":46006254928152,"sku":"9780521040556","price":40.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521040556i_46cbb20d-e58e-42e1-8693-82c9ad431ce0.jpg?v=1694968556","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fifteen-generations-of-bretons-kinship-and-society-in-lower-brittany-1720-1980-paperback-9780521040556","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}