The Negro family in British Guiana : family structure and social status in the villages / by Raymond T. Smith ; with a foreword by Meyer Fortes.

By:

Smith, Raymond T. (Raymond Thomas), 1925-2015

Series: International library of sociology and social reconstruction | International library of sociology and social reconstruction (Routledge & Kegan Paul)Publication details: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul ; New York : Grove Press in association with Institute of Social & Economic Research, University College of the West Indies, 1956.Description: xvi, 282, 15 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0415175763
9780415175760

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.85/09881 19

LOC classification:

HQ602.3 .S65 1956

Contents:

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'.

Summary: British Guiana renamed Guyana in 1966.

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