Book
Time and social change in a Yugoslav city
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Spangler, Michael Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this dissertation Spangler presents an in-depth study of time not only as a social idea but also in regard to its relationship to economic and social development in the city of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. A Serbian sample of the urban population was the primary focus of this investigation, which took place between June 1976 and August 1977. The author's hypothesis is '…that time as a complex ideas has had increasing implications for social and economic organization as time concepts have become more consistent, uniform, and socially institutionalized' (Introductory, p. v). After a review of previous temporal studies and an examination of the research setting of Belgrade, Spangler discusses Serbian life in the nineteenth century as an example of a period when a stable and important urban class did not yet exist. He then compares rural and urban life in Belgrade as it existed in the early twentieth century to that in the 1970s. In conclusion the study attempts to show '…that time as a complex idea is not uniform cross-culturally, even with comparable methods of time reckoning, because time is embedded not only in a social context but also a field of temporal awareness' (Introductory, p. vi.).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- Labor and leisure
- Labor relations
- Rest days and holidays
- Organized ceremonial
- Ordering of time
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Serbs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- June 1976-August 1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Belgrade, Serbia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Michael Alan Spangler
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979
- UM 79-22837
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Serbs