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The Pecalba Tradition In Macedonia, A Case Study, Joel Halpern
The Pecalba Tradition In Macedonia, A Case Study, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
The following narrative has been excerpted from an account by a pravoslavni (Eastern Orthodox Christian) peasant from a village in the hills above Struga, near Lake Ohrid. It is especially interesting for historical perspective on the social ties and obligations between Orthodox and Moslem villagers, often members of the same village community, particularly with regard to the carrying out of pecalba, the migrant labor pattern characteristic of this region.
Some Perspectives On Balkan Migration Patterns (With Particular Reference To Yugoslavia), Joel Halpern
Some Perspectives On Balkan Migration Patterns (With Particular Reference To Yugoslavia), Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
To understand fully the meaning of contemporary population movements a view of the past is essential. In the period after World War II in the Balkans, mass population movements within countries have been influenced particularly by urban industrial developments. These reflect a delayed process when compared with Western Europe. Within the past decade and a half there has also been a movement of workers from the Balkan countries with open borders - Greece and Yugoslavia - to the labor-deficit countries of Western Europe. These population movements relate not only to altered individual social and economic value systems, but also to …