The life of property : house, family and inheritance in Béarn, south-west Franc

In Béarn, a region of south-west France, longstanding and resilient ideas of property and practices of inheritance control the destinies of those living in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Based on extensive fieldwork and archival research that combines ethnography and intellectual history, this study...

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Main Author: Jenkins, Timothy
Format: Printed Book
Published: New york Berghahn books 2010
Subjects:
Manners and customs
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