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(Paperback)
By: Jane Fishburne Collier
ISBN: 9780691016641
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 1998
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Notes that when inheritance appeared to determine social status, villagers protected family reputations and properties by demonstrating concern for 'what others might say'. This book traces shifts in the meaning of 'tradition', suggesting that although 'modern' people cannot 'be' traditional, they must have traditions to produce themselves.
