Влияние на гурбетчийското градинарство върху бита и културата на населението от Търновския край
Influence of Market Gardening Abroad on the Way of Life and Culture of the Population of the Tirnovo Region

Summary/Abstract: The author studies the link between the occupation of part of the population of the Turnovo region, engaged in market gardening beyond the frontiers of Bulgaria, and their material way of life, social-normative and mental culture. The studies are based on researches made to date concerning the life and activity of the market gardeners, the author having availed herself of source material and documents unused so far. The chronological framework of the study is formed by the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. The author finds that, influenced by the needs, conditioned by the specific features of market gardening, and the incomes earned by the market gardeners, phenomena appeared in their way of life and culture which make them stand out in comparison with the way of life and culture of the population in the plains of the same region. Specific features of the market gardeners' way of life are indicated, such as a higher level of education, clearly marked activity in the public life of their place of birth, changes in the material culture which are connected with the more rapid penetration and establishment of elements of urban material culture.

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