Tribe and Class in Monrovia

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-59430-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 415 g

Reihe: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century

Originally published in 1964, this book analyses the unique type of social stratification which is more akin to a social class system in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Liberia, established in 1847 has no history of rule by a colonial power and is of perculiar sociological interest, having been governed until the first half of the twentieth century by a minority group of immigrants from America and their descendants. The bulk of the population, however, is made up of members of about 20 tribes, between whom and the American descendants a caste-like social system has developed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraenkel, Merran

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Past 2. Monrovia Today 3. The Tribal Communities and Tribal Administration 4. Kinship and the Household 5. Churches and Societies 6. Social Stratification and Social Mobility

Über Autor(innen)

Merran Fraenkel