The Wes Indies as a Sociological Laboratory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2195983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulysses G Weatherly (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1923 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 290-304 |
| Publication date | 1923-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/213597 |
| OpenAlex | W2068435833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The Lesser Antilles, even more than other insular groups, offer special advantages for the study of social and Cultural contacts. They are isolated and varied, and several types of national culture are found in contact with a flexible population. Several islands have passed from on nation to another. The negro shows a special liking for French culture. There are, with the exception of obeah, few African survivals, and the Negro prefers European standards. From race mixture arises social stratification based on degree fo white blood, and this interferes with racial solidarity. The East Indians are late comers, and already show a tendency to assimilate to European standards. In industry and initiative they are superior to the Africans. The present economic system is a barrier to cultural growth. Education and peasant proprietorship would bring about a better standard of living as a basis of cultural advance; but it is uncertain whether tutelage is not still necessary, and the whites are declining. The social-cultural situation is especially promising as a field for co-operative research, with special reference to results in pure social science and methodology
Development economics · Economics · Ethnology · Peasant · Political science · Population · Race (biology) · Social science · Social solidarity · Social stratification · Sociology · Solidarity · Standard of living · White (mutation) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Demography · Gender Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1966 - 2023 (58) |
| Highly cited | No |