The Analysis of Social Change: Based on Observations in Central Africa - Brossura

Wilson, Godfrey

 
9780521095549: The Analysis of Social Change: Based on Observations in Central Africa

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This book describes the impact of European civilization upon traditional African societies and considers the fundamental relations between the various structural changes that accompanied it.

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Descrizione del libro

This book describes field work undertaken in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia which studied the impact of European civilization upon traditional African societies and considers the fundamental relations between the various structural changes that accompanied it. Despite rapid political changes in East and Central Africa since 1944, the study is still relevant as a pioneering study of social change.

Contenuti

1. Central African society: a problem for analysis; 2. Scale; 3. Social Elements; 4. Primitive and civilised society; 5. Equilibrium and disequilibrium; 6. Practical implications; Index.

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Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521068207 ISBN 13:  9780521068208
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1945
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