Distinct Inheritances - Property, Family and Community in a Changing Europe (Hardcover)

Questions about the respective roles of private and state property have been at the center of European political life for the past century. Much less attention has been given to the ways in which rights to property have been transmitted over time and how different inheritance traditions have affected European societies. The chapters in this volume draw on historical and anthropological research to show how inheritance practices connect the intimate organization of domestic life with questions of economic development, political structure, and religious belief. The book traces the history of inheritance from the coming of Christianity, through the imposition and dissolution of different forms of feudalism, to the development of the modern economy. Several chapters address the impact of communism and its collapse, and demonstrate how ideas about the inheritance of property and status are continuing to shape, and be shaped by, economic and social changes in a continent that is moving beyond the ideological dichotomies of the Cold War.
Hannes Grandits teaches European history at University of Graz, Austria. Patrick Heady teaches anthropology at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany.

General

Imprint:	Lit Verlag
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Halle Studies in the Anthropology of Eurasia, 2
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	February 2004
Authors:	Grandits
Editors:	Hannes Grandits • Patrick Heady
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	440
ISBN-13:	978-3-8258-7334-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-8258-7334-X
Barcode:	9783825873349

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