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Chinese Family and Marriage
in
Singapore
by
Maurice Freedman
(This volume is the Colonial office Pre-Publication Edition)
This fascinating study by an anthropologist who was commissioned by the British Government gives the reader a snapshot of Singapore life based on research carried out for almost two years between 1949 and 1950. The main aim of the work is to study how the family functioned then in Chinese Singapore society, how it differed from mainland family life and the influences that spurred adaptation, if any. The chapters of this 249 page book include
- 1 - The Social Background,
- 2 - The Household,
- 3 - The Kinship System,
- 4 - The Structure of Marriage,
- 5 - The Formation of Marriage,
- 6 - Marriage Disrupted and
- 7 - Death and its Cult.
- There are also an appendix of tables, another on Chinese characters for Hokkien words used in the text and an index.
Weight 0.50 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: $7, to Central Asia, Europe & the Middle East: $10 and to Africa and North & South America: $13 . Surface mail worldwide $5. Postage within Malaysia is free
Published by Colonial Office, London. 1953. (Colonial Office edition)
Condition: Hardback Very Good. This is an ex-library book from the British Colonial Office Library so there are one or two small library stamps on the initial pages.There is also some inked initials, a date and the crossing out of a 'confidential' mark on the front cover of the original volume. Otherwise the book has very mild tanning throughout. It has been printed in cyclostyle format. The original report has been rebound in leather with gilt lettering on its spine
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