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Provides an excellent ethnography of a French Basque agrarian and sheepherding community. The commune of Sainte-Engrâce extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provinces in France. Sandra Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within this community.

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Sandra Ott's fine-grained ethnography provides a memorable view of a French Basque agrarian and shepherding community and expands the scope of Basque ethnography in useful ways. . . . Ott is a formidable ethnographer."" —American Anthropologist

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      Publisher: MP-NEV University of Nevada
      Publication Date: 11/30/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780874172249, 978-0874172249
      ISBN10: 0874172241

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides an excellent ethnography of a French Basque agrarian and sheepherding community. The commune of Sainte-Engrâce extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provinces in France. Sandra Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within this community.

      Trade Review
      Sandra Ott's fine-grained ethnography provides a memorable view of a French Basque agrarian and shepherding community and expands the scope of Basque ethnography in useful ways. . . . Ott is a formidable ethnographer."" —American Anthropologist

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