Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 49
... feeling that it tends to ' Europeanize ' a person . In the upper and middle classes this feeling also exists , although it is not often expressed . Lower class scruples against doing it seem to appear mostly at the time of pregnancy ...
... feeling that it tends to ' Europeanize ' a person . In the upper and middle classes this feeling also exists , although it is not often expressed . Lower class scruples against doing it seem to appear mostly at the time of pregnancy ...
Page 79
... feels that the leader is expressing its desires for power and prestige , and simultane- ously the individual is able to crystallize in himself the group feeling . In general the social situation of poverty and frustration facilitates ...
... feels that the leader is expressing its desires for power and prestige , and simultane- ously the individual is able to crystallize in himself the group feeling . In general the social situation of poverty and frustration facilitates ...
Page 87
... feeling that a man may ill - treat her once he is her husband exists quite strongly . The woman has her independence guaranteed by concubin- age . She can leave the man at any time , and he feels the same . In practice this does not ...
... feeling that a man may ill - treat her once he is her husband exists quite strongly . The woman has her independence guaranteed by concubin- age . She can leave the man at any time , and he feels the same . In practice this does not ...
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