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Rainbow in the rock: the people of rural Greece

Harvard University Press • Cambridge • Published In 1962 • Pages:

By: Sanders, Irwin Taylor.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is an important general work in English on Greek village life. It deals with the culture of rural villagers on the mainland of Greece, but also contains some limited data on the island and urban Greeks. The subject coverage is comprehensive, although there is relatively little on material culture. The treatment is divided into five parts: the first is concerned with human and cultural geography; the second with various aspects of land tenure and use, agriculture and herding; the third with the family, including women's activities and the life cycle; the fourth with the community, including mutual aid and cooperatives, the coffeehouse, school, religion, local government, and the village community; and the fifth with change, including social change in rural Greece and the social consequences of foreign aid. In addition to his own fieldwork, Sanders made use of many other sources of information, including much unpublished data.

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Greeks

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2003

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.

Sociologist

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.

4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 1965-1966

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1952-1959

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

ca. 1900-1950s

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Greece

NotesAdditional notes

Irwin Taylor Sanders

Notes to the text will be found on pages 335-355

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-333) and index

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

62007337

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Greece