Middle Class African Marriage: A Family Study of Ghanaian Senior Civil Servants

ISBN-13: 9781032513225 / Angielski

Christine Oppong

Opis

This book, first published in 1974, was a significant contribution to the comparative sociology of the family at the time, providing an exercise in methodology in which the aim has been to evolve ways of documenting and comparing two major aspects of change in conjugal family relationships.

Spis treści

List of Tables.  Foreword by Professor Meyer Fortes.  Acknowledgement.  Map.  Preface.  1. The Problem  2. Custom and Innovation  3. Government Servants and Kinsmen  4. The Allocation of Resources  5. Power and Decision-Making  6. Tension and Change.  Appendix: Questionnaire, Indices.  Select Akan Bibliography.  General Bibliography.  Select Recent Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Christine Oppong