This study of a northern Spanish community shows how the residents of
Santa MarÁa del Monte have acted together at critical times to ensure
the survival of their traditional forms of social organization. The
survival of these forms has allowed the villagers, in turn, to weather
demographic, political, and economic crises over the centuries.
Originally published in 1991.
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