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Author Smith, Raymond Thomas, 1925-

Title Kinship and class in the West Indies : a genealogical study of Jamaica and Guyana / Raymond T. Smith
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Description x, 205 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 65
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no. 65
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction: assumptions, procedures, methods; 2. Kinship, culture and theory; 3. What is kinship in the West Indies?; 4. The structure of genealogies; 5. Marriage in the formation of West Indian society; 6. Modern marriage and other arrangements; 7. Sex role differentiation; 8. Household and family; 9 Conclusion
Analysis West Indies Kinship
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 185-194
Notes Cambridge studies in social anthropology no:65 0068-6794
Subject Church and social problems.
Church and state.
Ecumenical movement.
Kinship -- Guyana.
Kinship -- Jamaica.
SUBJECT Guiana http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057709 -- Genealogy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001949
Guiana http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057709 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Guyana http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061018 -- Genealogy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001949
Guyana http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061018 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Jamaica http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81008540 -- Genealogy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001949
Jamaica http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81008540 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Author World Council of Churches.
LC no. 87011662
ISBN 0521345227
2825408735