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VasilikaBook 1963 • Friedl, Ernestine
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This is an account of village life in Vasilika, located in the Boeotia region of central Greece. Vasilika was chosen by Friedl for her field study because it seemed to show all possible indications of being a good, representative cross-section of a r...The role of kinship in the transmission of national culture to rural villages in mainland Greecearticle 1959 • Friedl, Ernestine
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
In this study, the author has attempted to show how the role of kinship in Greece acts as a mechanism for maintaining rural-urban connections, and how this mechanism continues to function despite any upward mobility changes on the part of the Greek p...Hospital care in provincial Greecearticle 1958 • Friedl, Ernestine
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This brief source discusses the extent and nature of hospital care in the Boeotia region of central Greece, and the degree to which it is accepted and utilized by the people of the area. The author discusses similarities and differences between home ...Kinship, class and selective migrationessay 1976 • Friedl, Ernestine
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This is a study of voluntary rural-urban migrations from the village of Vasilika in the Greek province of Boeotia to the city of Athens between the years 1930-1965. Freidl investigates the specific '…local, social and cultural conditions under which ...Lagging emulation in post-peasant societyarticle 1964 • Friedl, Ernestine
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
Influenced by the ideas of Thorstein Veblen and Charles Erasmus, this paper presents a lengthy discussion of the concept of 'lagging emulation' which Friedl believes may be of value for studying change in rural populations emerging from the status of...The position of womenessay 1986 • Friedl, Ernestine
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This article presents an analysis of the position of women in the social structure of the Greek village of Vasilika. Friedl discusses the role of men and women in both the public (i.e., political, religious), and private (family and household) sector...Some aspects of dowry and inheritance in Boetiaessay 1963 • Friedl, Ernestine
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
In this paper the dowry and inheritance system of the Boeotian farmers are examined in detail as they serve as a focus for a more detailed investigation of the circulation of property and persons both among the country villages themselves and between...General discussionessay 1976 • Anonymous et al.
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This is a brief discussion among the authors who participated in a conference on 'Regional Variation in Modern Greece and Cyrpus,' and contributed articles to a collected volume on the subject (see documents 91-95.) The authors comment on value of va...