The plural society in the British West Indies / by M.G. Smith
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1965. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Minor library marks remain (internally). Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386187
Physical description; 359 pp., illustrations, map, 25 cm. Contents; West Indian culture -- Ethnic and cultural pluralism in the British Caribbean -- A framework for Caribbean studies -- Social and cultural pluralism -- Some aspects of social structure in the British Caribbean about 1820 -- Slavery and emancipation in two societies -- The plural framework of Jamaican society -- Community organization in rural Jamaica -- Education and occupational choice in rural Jamaica -- The transformation of land rights by transmission in Carriacou -- Structure and crisis in Grenada, 1950-1954 -- Short-range prospects in the British Caribbean. Subjects; Social conditions. Social organization West Indies. Race relations. Cultural pluralism West Indies, British. Slavery. Caribbean Area. Jamaica Rural conditions.
Price: €25.00