Cultural adaptation within modern Africa.
By: Edited by S. H. Irvine and J. T. Sanders.
Contributors: Sanders, James Taggart, joint comp.
Series: Publications of the Center for Education in Africa, Columbia University
Publisher: Teachers College Press, Columbia University
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Ethnopsychology -- Africa; Acculturation -- Africa; Ethnology -- Africa
Table of contents: title: Education, culture, and personal conflict, anonymous.; title: Behavioral impediments to cross-cultural contact, by A. J. Shelton.; title: The relativity of ritual, by H. Miner.; title: Conceptual barriers to cross-cultural communication, by S. Wallman.; title: Linguistic barriers to classroom communication, by S. Case.; title: The social context of language usage, by J. Silvey.; title: The African world-view: a comparative approach, by K. A. Busia.; title: African systems of thought, by J. Jahn.; title: The African contribution to new thinking about intelligence, by S. Irvine.; title: African culture patterns and the learning of abilities and skills, by S. Biesheuvel.; title: Nature and nurture in African infancy, by M. Gerber.; title: Early childhood experience and adult personality, by T. A. Lambo.; title: Social expectations and the development of personality, by G. Jahoda.; title: Biculturalism as a source of personality conflict in Africa, by L. W. Doob.; title: Social origins of urbanization in Africa, by W. Bascom.; title: Tribal identity and social roles, by S. H. Irvine.