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Routledge
334 Pages
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Routledge
336 Pages
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Routledge
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This is Volume IV of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1954, this text stems from years of field work in the village in Silwa, Province of Aswan, Egypt which has a homogenous social structure and economic life. Although quite isolated geographically it has not been unaffected by social change and part of the book deals with the impact of a modern system... Read more
FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR: MARGARET READ, PREFACE: THE VILLAGE SETTING, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, INTRODUCTION: THEORETICAL LEADS AND METHODS OF THE STUDY, PART ONE, CHAPTER I. LIVELI!iOOD IN SILWA, CHAPTER II. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY, CHAPTER III. FOLK LIFE AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE VILLAGE, PART TWO, CHAPTER IV. BIRTH, INFANCY AND EARLY TRAINING, CHAPTER V. THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND EVENTS OF CHILDHOOD, CHAPTER VI. THE AIMS AND METHODS OF SOCIALIZATION IN SILWA, CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN'S PLAY AND GAMES, CHAPTER VIII. CHILDREN'S TALES, THEIR TEXTS, ANALYSIS AND SIGNIFICANCE, CHAPTER IX. ADOLESCENCE, SEX AND MARRIAGE, CHAPTER X. INDIGENOUS LEARNING AND TEACHING, CHAPTER XI. EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE, CHAPTER XII. REFLECTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS, PART THREE, APPENDICES, TABLES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
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Dr. H.M. Ammar
