Rationality of Rural Life
Subtitle: Economic and Cultural Change in Tuscany (Studies in Anthropology and History , Vol 17)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9783718656271
Subjects: Anthropology; Economic history; Social history; Sociology, Rural; Family farms; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Tuscany; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Economic aspects; Italy
First sentence: The river Orcia flows westwards out of a majestic and much eulogized valley in central Italy, cuts a ravine through the northern flanks of Monte Amiata, and descends through rolling hills to the coastal plain, the Maremma.