Family, Community, and Childhood in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Greece

Abstract

This chapter explores childhood and the Greek family and community in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Greece. In this chapter, one will find that the family was important throughout Greece and considered a fundamental unit where values and customs were transmitted to children in informal learning settings. Informal learning, however, differed between rural and urban communities. Social–structural differences between rural and urban communities were vast, while class and income also played an important role in how children learned. In rural communities, the family and other members of the community directed much of the learning for children.