essay

The historical stage

Ngecha : a Kenyan village in a time of rapid social changeLincolnPublished In 2004 • Pages: 53-90

By: Whiting, Beatrice Blyth, Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew, Herzog, John, Edwards, Carolyn P., Curtis, Arnold.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document reconstructs history of a Kenyan village called Ngecha. It describes changes in community organization, economic activities and acess to education and markets by way of setting the historical setting for subsequent chapters of an edited volume exploring critical cultural variables affecting parent and child behavior.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Community structure
Settlement patterns
Historical reconstruction
History
Puberty and initiation
Ethnosociology
Classes
Family relationships
Real property
Inheritance
Inter-ethnic relations
Lineages
External relations
Revolution
Aftermath of combat
Form and rules of government
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Gikuyu
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Psychologist
Anthropologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1968-1973
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1973
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ngacha village, Central Province, Kenya
NotesAdditional notes
Beatrice Whiting, John Whiting, John Herzog, and Carolyn Edwards, with Arnold Curtis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2003021832
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kikuyu (African people)/Rural development--Kenya--Ngecha/Women in rural development--Kenya/Rural women--Kenya--Ngecha/Family--Kenya/Kenya--Rural conditions--Case studies