Survey of African Marriage and Family Life

by Arthur Phillips (Editor)

Overview

Originally published in 1953, this study examines the effect of social change on African domestic organization and marriage. Changes to African social organization due to increased contact with the West are analyzed and accounts given as to how these changes were handled by various administrations and missionaries. The volume is contributed to by lawyers, missionaries, anthropologists and sociologists from Africa, Europe and the USA.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138597365
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/22/2018
Series:	African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	522
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Arthur Phillips

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

April 23, 1969

Place of Birth:

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Education:

B.A., Harvard College, 1990

Website:

http://www.arthurphillips.info/

Table of Contents

Introduction Arthur Phillips. 1. African Marriage and Social Change L. P. Mair 2. Marriage laws in Africa Arthur Phillips 3. Christian Marriage in African Society Lyndon Harries