Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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... particular area ; the second with the historical development of the society . I have attempted in the following pages to discuss one such society - Jamaica in the British West Indies . But before pro- ceeding to an analysis of Jamaican ...
... particular area ; the second with the historical development of the society . I have attempted in the following pages to discuss one such society - Jamaica in the British West Indies . But before pro- ceeding to an analysis of Jamaican ...
Page 103
... 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 essentially a product of the peculiar conditions of slavery . To some ...
... 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 essentially a product of the peculiar conditions of slavery . To some ...
Page 139
... particular family such as the Surrey Joneses , or the Warwickshire Smiths . It serves a very important purpose in Jamaican society as once the name can be connected with a particular locality , the family history can be sketched in and ...
... particular family such as the Surrey Joneses , or the Warwickshire Smiths . It serves a very important purpose in Jamaican society as once the name can be connected with a particular locality , the family history can be sketched in and ...
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