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Changing Social Structure in Ghana [PDF ebook]
Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition

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Originally published in 1975, this book presents the results of research into social change in Ghana. The book looks in detail at the problems of particular sub-groups and sectors in one single nation and they show that the field-worker with a wide comparative background in the range of pre-industrial societies has a positive role to play in contemporary social science.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 308 ● ISBN 9780429950780 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6540095 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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