Oasis and Casbah : Algerian Culture and Personality in Change

Horace M. Miner and George De Vos report the results of a nine-month cultural study in Algeria. Contents I. A Natural Experiment II. The Course of Time III. The Oasis Setting IV. The Course of Oasis Life V. Contact and Change VI. The Supernatural VII. Culture, Personality, and Prediction VIII. Psychological Characteristics of the Algerians IX. Some Individual Patterns of Adjustment X. The Cultural Context of Personality Appendixes Bibliography Index