The Sociology Of Development: The Negro Family In British Guiana: Family Structure And Social Status In The Villages (international Library Of Sociology) (volume 9)

The International Library of Sociology (ILS) is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940s by Karl Mannheim, the series became the forum for pioneering research and theory, marked by comparative approaches and analysis of new disciplines, such as the sociology of youth and culture. Spanning volumes by Parsons, Dickinson and Ossowski, the history of the ILS is the history of modern sociology. Cover THE NEGRO FAMILY IN BRITISH GUIANA Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents FOREWORD 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 Young people are educable. Young people are worth educating. Upon their wise handling depend the issues of ultimate harmonyor conflict in the home, in workshop or factory, and among thenations. Many current methods of treatment find, however, theirjustification only in the somewhat mythical descriptions of pastcenturies. For most of these there is little support in the morecareful studies of recent years Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork This set explores the tension between agriculture and industry in developing economies, traces the complex political process of independence, and contains the work of renowned anthropologists such as Raymond Firth. 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. Published in 1998, India's Changing Villages is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy.