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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. xiii*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 3*1. A Portrait of a Landscape and of a People, pg. 21*2. The Village House, pg. 43*3. An Archaeology of the House, pg. 54*4. The Idiom of Equal Inheritance, pg. 68*5. Parents and Children, pg. 89*6. Setting Up House, pg. 104*7. The Concejo as an Assembly, pg. 125*8. The Concejo as a Polity, pg. 147*9. The Concejo as a Moral Presence, pg. 160*10. The Web of Use-Rights, pg. 189*11. The Common Herds, pg. 203*12. The Common Lands, pg. 226*13. The Common Woods, pg. 242*14. The State and the Commons, pg. 252*15. The Presence of the Past, pg. 267*Epilogue, pg. 286*Appendix A. Two Life Histories from Santa Maria, pg. 305*Appendix B. Population and Economy, pg. 316*Appendix C. Distribution of Responses to the Ateneo Questionnaire of 1901-1902 in the Province of Leon, pg. 322*Afterword, pg. 325*Notes, pg. 339*Weighs, Measures, and Monetary Units, pg. 387*Glossary, pg. 391*Principal Archival Sources, pg. 397*Bibliography, pg. 403*Index, pg. 419

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 19 April 2016
      ISBN-13 9780691637266
      978-0691637266
      ISBN-10 0691637261
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      Sociology and anthropology

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      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. xiii*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 3*1. A Portrait of a Landscape and of a People, pg. 21*2. The Village House, pg. 43*3. An Archaeology of the House, pg. 54*4. The Idiom of Equal Inheritance, pg. 68*5. Parents and Children, pg. 89*6. Setting Up House, pg. 104*7. The Concejo as an Assembly, pg. 125*8. The Concejo as a Polity, pg. 147*9. The Concejo as a Moral Presence, pg. 160*10. The Web of Use-Rights, pg. 189*11. The Common Herds, pg. 203*12. The Common Lands, pg. 226*13. The Common Woods, pg. 242*14. The State and the Commons, pg. 252*15. The Presence of the Past, pg. 267*Epilogue, pg. 286*Appendix A. Two Life Histories from Santa Maria, pg. 305*Appendix B. Population and Economy, pg. 316*Appendix C. Distribution of Responses to the Ateneo Questionnaire of 1901-1902 in the Province of Leon, pg. 322*Afterword, pg. 325*Notes, pg. 339*Weighs, Measures, and Monetary Units, pg. 387*Glossary, pg. 391*Principal Archival Sources, pg. 397*Bibliography, pg. 403*Index, pg. 419

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