Changing Social Structure in Ghana
Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition
1st Edition
Published on 29. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-1-138-59412-8 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1975, this book presents the results of research into social change in Ghana. The book looks in detail at the problems of particular sub-groups and sectors in one single nation and they show that the field-worker with a wide comparative background in the range of pre-industrial societies has a positive role to play in contemporary social science.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
471 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-59412-8 (9781138594128)
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Jack Goody
Changing Social Structure in Ghana
Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition
Book
08/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
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Jack Goody
Changing Social Structure in Ghana
Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition
E-Book
08/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
€47.49
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Jack Goody
Changing Social Structure in Ghana
Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition
E-Book
08/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
€47.49
Available for download
Person
Sir John Rankine Goody, FBA (27 July 1919 - 16 July 2015) was a British social anthropologist. He was a prominent lecturer at Cambridge University, and was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology from 1973 to 1984.
Content
Part 1: Economics 1. Swindler or Public Benefactor? The Entrepreneur in His Community Keith Hart 2. The Growth of a Migrant Community: The Yoruba in Northern Ghana Jeremy Eades 3. The Effects of Cash Crops in an Ewe Community G. K. Nukunya 4. Female Roles in West African Towns Margaret Peil Part 2: Religion 1. Religion, Social Change and the Sociology of Conversion Jack Goody 2. On the Spread of Anti-Witchcraft Cults in Modern Asante Malcolm McLeod Part 3: Kinship 1. The West African Farming Household 2. Delegation of Parental Roles in West Africa and the West Indies Esther N. Goody 3. Economics and Kinship in Multi-Ethnic Dwellings Enid Schildkrout 4. A Study of Domestic Continuity and Change: Akan Senior Service Families in Accra Christine Oppong 5. Resettlement and Rehousing: Unintended Consequences Among the Nchumuru Part 4: Education 1. The Village School Teacher in Ghana A. F. Robertson