The Negro family in British Guiana :

Smith, Raymond T. 1925-2015.

The Negro family in British Guiana : family structure and social status in the villages / by Raymond T. Smith ; with a foreword by Meyer Fortes. - London : New York : Routledge & Kegan Paul ; Grove Press in association with Institute of Social & Economic Research, University College of the West Indies, 1956. - xvi, 282, 15 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - - International library of sociology and social reconstruction . - International library of sociology and social reconstruction (Routledge & Kegan Paul) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.

The household -- Economic features of the household group -- Composition of the household group -- The time factor in relation to the structure of the household group -- The norms of domestic grouping -- The kinship system and marriage -- The family system in the context of Guianese society -- Hypotheses and the problem of 'explanation'.

British Guiana renamed Guyana in 1966.

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