Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 32
... poverty and gains his livelihood as best he may , possibly as a migrant worker from one sugar estate to another in the crop season . Between these two is the peasant proprietor who may struggle just above the poverty line with his ...
... poverty and gains his livelihood as best he may , possibly as a migrant worker from one sugar estate to another in the crop season . Between these two is the peasant proprietor who may struggle just above the poverty line with his ...
Page 161
... poverty and colour which deprive him of a wider field of social opportunity . At the other extreme are the members of the upper class who , although aware of colour disadvantages in a more subtle form , are not confined by poverty so ...
... poverty and colour which deprive him of a wider field of social opportunity . At the other extreme are the members of the upper class who , although aware of colour disadvantages in a more subtle form , are not confined by poverty so ...
Page 166
... poverty of the majority of the people and the wealth of the few . The figures of earnings embodied in the text demonstrate the poverty stricken existence of the average Jamaican . Attempts have been made by successive administrations to ...
... poverty of the majority of the people and the wealth of the few . The figures of earnings embodied in the text demonstrate the poverty stricken existence of the average Jamaican . Attempts have been made by successive administrations to ...
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acceptance acres African American appears attitude banana become behaviour called cent century child Christian church colour complete concubinage dependent distinction domestic group economic European existence expression extremely fact factor fair farms father feeling figures function girl give given greater hair hand Herskovits household important Indian Indies individual island Jamaica labour land less living London lower class majority marriage married means middle class moral mother Negro never Obeah occur origin parents parish particular pattern peasant period person planters play population Port Portland position poverty practice problem produce regarded relatives result seen sense served sexual shows similar slavery slaves social society status structure sugar TABLE taken tend tion town union United upper upper class West whole wife woman women