ABSTRACT

This is Volume IX of eighteen in a collection on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1956 and using language of the time, this monologue looks at the family system in Guianese families.

part |2 pages

SECTION I

chapter I|49 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

SECTION II

chapter II|19 pages

THE HOUSEHOLD

chapter III|24 pages

ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE HOUSEHOLD GROUP

chapter IV|14 pages

COMPOSITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD GROUP

chapter VI|9 pages

THE NORMS OF DOMESTIC GROUPING

chapter VII|37 pages

THE KINSHIP SYSTEM AND MARRIAGE

part |1 pages

SECTION III

chapter IX|34 pages

HYPOTHESES AND THE PROBLEM OF 'EXPLANATION'

chapter X|8 pages

CONCLUSION