Status group formation in small communities
Subtitle: a case study of a Dominican small-farming village
By: E. R.-M LeFranc.
Contributors: University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica). Institute of Social and Economic Research.
Series: Working paper ;; no. 39; Working paper (University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica). Institute of Social and Economic Research) ;; no. 39.
Publisher: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Mona, Jamaica
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Peasantry -- Dominica; Farms, Small -- Dominica; Dominica -- Rural conditions
Description: "Study of peasant community life in the West Indies is based on fieldwork in a village in Dominica. First chapter presents the peasantry in Caribbean societies as an integral component of capitalism. Social network analysis is used to document the existence of clusters of social relationships and of mutual aid among peasants. Identifies a typology of such mutual aid social relationships"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106).
Manuscript submitted in 1982.