Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 66
... attitude together with the memory of the benevolent paternalism of the fruit companies has produced the dolce far niente attitude of most Portlanders . But what neither hurricane nor fruit company can take away is the fertility of the ...
... attitude together with the memory of the benevolent paternalism of the fruit companies has produced the dolce far niente attitude of most Portlanders . But what neither hurricane nor fruit company can take away is the fertility of the ...
Page 88
... attitude is not a moral but an economic one . The parents dislike the added responsibility . The whole attitude of the black people towards concubinage is summed up by the black woman who on being upbraided for living like an animal ...
... attitude is not a moral but an economic one . The parents dislike the added responsibility . The whole attitude of the black people towards concubinage is summed up by the black woman who on being upbraided for living like an animal ...
Page 92
... attitude as has been said is openly amoral . Prestige may be lost by too open a promiscuity , but certainly not if the man or woman possesses a little money . The brown and black middle class have a dual attitude towards concubinage and ...
... attitude as has been said is openly amoral . Prestige may be lost by too open a promiscuity , but certainly not if the man or woman possesses a little money . The brown and black middle class have a dual attitude towards concubinage and ...
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