Book
Geographic aspects of population dynamics in Jamaica
Florida Atlantic University Press • Boca Raton • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Eyre, L. Alan (Lawrence Alan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a comparative study that investigates the dynamics of the population-resource system in Jamaica beginning in the nineteenth century. The author discusses the general demography of Jamaica, and gives specifics on four study areas in different parts of the island: Penlyne Castle in the eastern interior, Yardley Chase-Big Yard and Mitchell Town on the south coast, and Barrett Town on the northwest coast. Methods include geographic surveys, participant observation, and intensive field surveys. Data are collected and analyzed on household composition, land and resource utilization, demographic trends, rural economy, employment, housing, farming technology, fertility, and migration.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Flora
- Demography
- History
- Land use
- Production and supply
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jamaicans
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- EvaluationIn this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on. The second part is 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.
- Geographer-4,5
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Heather Fellows ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961, 1966-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1810-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Penlyne Castle, Jamaica; Yardley Chase-Big Yard, Jamaica; Mitchell Town, Jamaica;
- NotesAdditional notes
- L. Alan Eyre
- Four fieldsites include Barrett Town, Mitchell Town, Penlyne Castle, Yardley Chase--Big Yard in the parishes of St. James, Clarendon, St. Thomas, and St. Elizabeth, respectively.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 760151084
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jamaica--Population