Survey of African Marriage and Family Life
by Arthur Phillips
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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.Tags
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- Survey of African Marriage and Family Life
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- Sociology, Anthropology, Nonfiction
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- 301.42 — Social sciences Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology Formerly: Social structure
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- HQ691 .S878 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home
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