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Focussing on the mechanics of social change and the interaction between ethnic groups, cultures, structures and value systems the background questions of ecology, demography and history are also examined and the process of urbanization and rural revolution described. Trends in marriage and family li...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shorter, Aylward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2004.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
Temas:
Ethnology > Africa, East.
Ethnologie > Afrique orientale anglophone.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnology
Social conditions
Africa, East > Social conditions.
Afrique orientale anglophone > Conditions sociales.
Africa, East
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; OriginalCopyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The anatomy of change in East Africa; 2 Ecology and demography; 3 Peopling theories and short history; 4 Conservative pastoral societies; 5 Chieftain societies; 6 Urbanization; 7 The rural revolution; 8 Marriage and family life; 9 Socialization and education; 10 Religious trends; 11 Spirit possession and communities of affliction; 12 Witchcraft and sorcery; 13 Case: The urban host tribe-the Ganda of Kampala.
  • 14 Case: The developing agricultural community-the Kamba of Kenya15 Case: A rural re-settlement area in southern Tanzania; Notes; Maps; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index.

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