Family and Colour in JamaicaMacgibbon & Kee, 1968 - 208 pages |
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Page 78
... tends to improve on the land settlements under indirect government supervision . But the houses of the lower class in the town proper and the surrounding districts tend , with few exceptions , to be simple one storey structures of wood ...
... tends to improve on the land settlements under indirect government supervision . But the houses of the lower class in the town proper and the surrounding districts tend , with few exceptions , to be simple one storey structures of wood ...
Page 96
... tend to separate . The trying out of various partners tends to introduce stability when a more permanent union is formed . It is very excep- tional to meet a young man who has not had sexual experience . Judging by the number of mothers ...
... tend to separate . The trying out of various partners tends to introduce stability when a more permanent union is formed . It is very excep- tional to meet a young man who has not had sexual experience . Judging by the number of mothers ...
Page 112
... tend to be taken in common and this acts as a binding force for the whole family . The picture which emerges is reminiscent of the respectable Vic- torian working class family where the husband was a sober and steady person in regular ...
... tend to be taken in common and this acts as a binding force for the whole family . The picture which emerges is reminiscent of the respectable Vic- torian working class family where the husband was a sober and steady person in regular ...
Contents
PREFACE BY DR MEYER FORTES page | 9 |
AUTHORS FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION | 15 |
The Origins of the Colourclass System | 42 |
Copyright | |
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