The Negro family in British Guiana : family structure and social status in the villages

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The Negro family in British Guiana : family structure and social status in the villages

by Raymond T. Smith

(International library of sociology, 66 . The sociology of development ; 9)

Routledge, 1998, c1956

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Note

Reprint. First published in 1956 by Routledge and Kegan Paul

Bibliography: p. 273-276

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is Volume IX of eighteen in a collection on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1956 and using language of the time, this monologue looks at the family system in Guianese families.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY MEYER FORTES, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, SECTION I, I. INTRODUCTION, SECTION II, II. THE HOUSEHOLD, III. ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE HOUSEHOLD GROUP, IV. COMPOSITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD GROUP, V. THE TIME FACTOR IN RELATION TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSEHOLD GROUP, VI. THE NORMS OF DOMESTIC GROUPING, VII. THE KINSHIP SYSTEM AND MARRIAGE, SECTION III, VIII. THE FAMILY SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF GUIANESE SOCIETY, IX. HYPOTHESES AND THE PROBLEM OF 'EXPLANATION', X. CONCLUSION, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

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  • NCID
    BA35650775
  • ISBN
    • 0415175763
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 282 p., [8] p. of plates
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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