Book

European Moslems: economy and ethnicity in western Bosnia

Academic PressNew YorkPublished In 1975 • Pages: xi, 241

By: Lockwood, William G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The importance of studying the articulation of the different parts of a complex society rather than concentrating on each part separately has long been recognized by anthropologists as a significant step in the overall understanding of that society. In this work Lockwood examines one institution -- the periodic market -- which serves to interrelate different communities within a society. This document focuses simultaneously on the market town of Bugojno and the village of Planinica, both located in the Skoplje Polje region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study begins with a general geographic survey of the Skoplje Polje region, then turns to the SELO or village of Planinica describing in turn its social organization, economy, and ethnic boundary maintenance, all of which relate directly to the author's main topics of the periodic market and extra village social relations. This is followed by a detailed study of the CARSIJA or market center of Bugojno, in which the history, formal structure, participants, exchange procedures, etc. are all discussed. The final section of this book examines the marketplace as an integrative mechanism in Bosnian Muslim society.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Pastoral activities
Tillage
Commercial facilities
Buying and selling
Internal trade
Retail marketing
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bosnian Muslims
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
1959 (four months), June 1966-March 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1960s-1970s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Skoplje Polje region, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NotesAdditional notes
William G. Lockwood
Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of California, Berkeley
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74027785
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bosnians/Muslims