Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 55
... factor operat- ing in the society on a private level , that is as a factor which determines social distance between individuals in their homes , and in their intimate contacts . Colour prejudice also operates on what we may call the ...
... factor operat- ing in the society on a private level , that is as a factor which determines social distance between individuals in their homes , and in their intimate contacts . Colour prejudice also operates on what we may call the ...
Page 103
... factors . It is difficult to distin- guish the exact influence of any particular factor or group of factors . The writer contends that the forms which family structure has taken in the West Indies as a whole are sui generis . They are ...
... factors . It is difficult to distin- guish the exact influence of any particular factor or group of factors . The writer contends that the forms which family structure has taken in the West Indies as a whole are sui generis . They are ...
Page 146
... factor not only in determining the individual's class status but also in determining his status within the class ... factor in the situation . Mobility from the lower class to the middle class is more frequent . Here the colour factor is ...
... factor not only in determining the individual's class status but also in determining his status within the class ... factor in the situation . Mobility from the lower class to the middle class is more frequent . Here the colour factor is ...
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