Balkan family structure and the European pattern [[electronic resource] ] : demographic developments in Ottoman Bulgaria / / Maria N. Todorova

• Autore: Todorova Marii͡a Nikolaeva
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Central European University Press, 2006
• Edizione: 2nd updated, rev. and enl. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6094977
• Soggetto topico: Family demography - Bulgaria
• Soggetto geografico: Bulgaria Population; Bulgaria Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : rethinking the unknown -- Population structure -- Age structure -- Sex structure -- Marriage and nuptiality -- The marriage ritual and seasonal patterns of marriage -- Age at marriage -- Remarriage, cross-kin marriages and other characteristics -- Birth and fertility -- Births, baptisms and their registration -- Measurements of fertility -- Twins in a closed population -- Death and mortality -- Gender and age specific mortality -- Seasonal patterns of mortality and causes of death -- Family and household size and structure -- Family and household structure -- Family and household size -- Inheritance patterns -- The problem of the South Slav zadruga -- Distribution and development of the zadruga in the Balkans -- An alternative explanation -- Conclusion : a hypothesis of converging theories -- A summary of conclusions -- Appendices -- The sources -- The liber status animarum of the village of Seldzhikovo -- Ideographs of the liber status animarum -- Note on the plague -- A marriage contract -- On the epistemological value of family models : the Balkans within the European pattern.
• Titolo autorizzato: Balkan family structure and the European pattern
• ISBN: 978-615-5053-86-3; 978-6-15505-386-3; 9786155053863; 615-5053-86-3; 1-281-26865-8; 9786611268657; 1-4237-7622-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451849003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II