Survey Of African Marriage And Family Life (African Ethnographic Studies Of The 20Th Century)

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.

• | Author: Arthur Phillips
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 29, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 522 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138597414
• | ISBN-13: 9781138597419