Author : Peter Marris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 37,19 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136531572
'This book is a study of the pattern of social life which developed in the slums of central Lagos; and of the effects of a compulsory slum clearance scheme on the lives of those who were removed. Both parts of the study are presented clearly and vividly and are enriched with numerous quotations of statements by the people concerned, as well as a quantity of information presented in statistical tables.' Sociological Review
Author : David J. Parkin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Kampala (Uganda)
ISBN :
Case study of intergroup relationships between indigenous peoples and immigrant tribal peoples in urban area kampala as an illustration of the maintenance of tribal ties in the development of a tribally mixed middle-class section of the social structure in Uganda - covers sociological aspects, independence and political problems, neighbourhood and the social status system, local level leadership (incl. Political leadership), family life, interest groups, etc. References.
Author : David Parkin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 13,99 MB
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520314387
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.
Author : Josef Gugler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 1978-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521213486
Originally published in 1978 as part of the Urbanization in Developing Countries series, this is an interdisciplinary study of rapid urban growth in West Africa. Gugler and Flanagan first explore the history of the cities of the early West African empires and they draw on the work of social anthropologists and sociologists, as well as demographers, economists, geographers, historians, political scientists and social psychologists. They then describe the urban explosion that the region experienced after World War II. They explore the implications of widespread urban unemployment and underemployment, the housing crisis and the emergence of metropolitan areas such as Lagos. The literature on urbanization and social change in Black Africa in general, and West Africa in particular, expanded at a fast pace in the years preceding publication. This critical review of the disparate findings filled a gap in African Studies and threw light on the understanding of Third World urbanization.
Author : Colin Rosser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 39,99 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 041517645X
Annotation Originally published in 1965.
Author : Colin Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134684991
This is Volume V of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Gender and the Family. Originally published in 1965, this study looks at family and kinship in the South Wales town of Swansea which was used as a parallel to the Institute of Community Studies 1957 study in east London at Bethnal Green.
Author : Joan Aldous
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Families
ISBN : 1452910375
Author : Michael Banton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136539972
This volume illustrates how much the study of social anthropologists has encompassed other, non-primitive societies: rural Italy, urban Africa, village politics in India and the smaller ex-colonial territories of Fiji and Mauritius are just some of the areas covered by the book. The position and contribution of British community studies is also examined, illustrating how micro-sociology can be made relevant to macro-sociology. Originally published 1966.
Author : Bill Freund
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 31,92 MB
Release : 2007-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1139459554
This book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how present-day African cities cope in difficult times. Instead of seeing towns and cities as somehow extraneous to the real Africa, it views them as an inherent part of developing Africa, indigenous, colonial, and post-colonial and emphasizes the extent to which the future of African society and African culture will likely be played out mostly in cities. The book is written to appeal to students of history but equally to geographers, planners, sociologists and development specialists interested in urban problems.
Author : David Anderson
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 27,66 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0852557612
A selection of papers first delivered at the conference on Africa's Urban Past, held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1996.
