book chapter

Contributions to a socio-economic survey of the Gambia

Research Department, Colonial OfficeLondonPublished In 1949 • Pages:

By: Gamble, David P..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is concerned mostly with the Mandinka. Materials on the Wolof are used mainly for comparative purposes. the village of Njau was studied for information on settlement pattern, land utilization, agricultural technique, individual income and expenditures. The report was made under the auspices of the Colonial Science Research Council.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Dwellings
Income and demand
Standard of living
Gender status
Flora
Land use
Tillage
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Wolof
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1999
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Western Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
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
Robert Lee ; 1959
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
ca. 1948
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 1948
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
village of Njau, Upper Saloum
NotesAdditional notes
David P. Gamble
Only pp. 19, 31-32, 47, 104-108, 129-132, 149 are included in this file
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Wolof (African people)