The Matrifocal Family

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Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Kinship and Family Structure
Hypotheses and the Problem of Explanation	p. 13
Culture and Social Structure in the Caribbean	p. 21
The Matrifocal Family	p. 39
Hierarchy and the Dual Marriage System in West Indian Society	p. 59
Family, Social Change, and Social Policy in the West Indies	p. 81
Conflict and Difference: Race, Culture, and Politics
Plural Society Theory	p. 101
Caste and Social Status Among the Indians of Guyana	p. 111
Race and Class in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean	p. 143
Living in the Gun Mouth: Race, Class, and Political Violence in Guyana	p. 165
On the Disutility of the Notion of "Ethnic Group" for Understanding Status Struggles in the Modern World	p. 185
Notes	p. 203
References	p. 211
Index	p. 227
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