Survey of African Marriage and Family Life

Arthur Phillips (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

522 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-59736-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Originally published in 1953, this study examines the effect of social change on African domestic organization and marriage. It is contributed to by lawyers, missionaries, anthropologists and sociologists from Africa, Europe and the USA.

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Originally published in 1953, this study examines the effect of social change on African domestic organization and marriage. Changes to African social organization due to increased contact with the West are analyzed and accounts given as to how these changes were handled by various administrations and missionaries. The volume is contributed to by lawyers, missionaries, anthropologists and sociologists from Africa, Europe and the USA.

Autor

Arthur Phillips

Inhalt

Introduction Arthur Phillips. 1. African Marriage and Social Change L. P. Mair 2. Marriage laws in Africa Arthur Phillips 3. Christian Marriage in African Society Lyndon Harries

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2018
• Reihe/Serie: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 884 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-138-59736-8 / 1138597368
• ISBN-13: 978-1-138-59736-5 / 9781138597365
• Zustand: Neuware