Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- CHAPTER I. - Il Salento -- CHAPTER II . - La Grichia -- CHAPTER III . - Calimera -- CHAPTER IV. - The Patterns of Power -- CHAPTER V. - The Home and Marriage -- CHAPTER VI. - The Family -- CHAPTER VII. - Quasi-Familial Relationships -- CHAPTER VIII. - The Land -- CHAPTER IX. - The Church -- CHAPTER X. - Assessment -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- POST-SCRIPT