# IX: The “Undivided Family” explained — Mutual Aid

> Chapter companion for Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin.

## What happens

This chapter discusses the South Slavonian Zadruga, or 'compound family,' as a form of family organization, referencing recent works by Ernest Miler, I. E. Geszow, and Bogisic.

## Themes in this chapter

### Historical Development of Social Institutions

The chapter examines the evolution of the 'undivided family' as a social institution, particularly the South Slavonian Zadruga.

## Key lines

> A number of valuable works on the South Slavonian Zadruga , or “compound family,” compared to other forms of family organization, have been published since the above was written; namely, by Ernest Miler ( Jahrbuch der Internationaler Vereinung für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirthschaftslehre , 1897), and I. E. Geszow’s Zadruga in Bulgaria , and Zadruga-Ownership and Work in Bulgaria (both in Bulgarian). I must also mention the well-known study of Bogisic ( De la forme dite “inokosna” de la famille rurale chez les Serbes et les Croates , Paris, 1884), which has been omitted in the text.

Several important studies on the South Slavonian 'Zadruga' (compound family) have been published recently, including works by Ernest Miler, I. E. Geszow, and Bogisic.

_The author lists recent scholarly contributions on the topic of the undivided family._

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