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Migrancy and the Study of Africans in Towns 1

1962; Wiley; Volume: 64; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/aa.1962.64.3.02a00070

1548-1433

Philip Mayer,

South African History and Culture

American AnthropologistVolume 64, Issue 3 p. 576-592 Migrancy and the Study of Africans in Towns† PHILIP MAYER, PHILIP MAYER Rhodes University, South AfricaSearch for more papers by this author PHILIP MAYER, PHILIP MAYER Rhodes University, South AfricaSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1962 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1962.64.3.02a00070Citations: 76 1 My thanks are due to Professor J. C. Mitchell of the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, who kindly read the manuscript before publication and made valuable suggestions. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References Cited Epstein, A. L. 1958 Politics in an urban African community. Manchester, Manchester University Press. Gluckman, M. 1958 Analysis of a social situation in modern Zululand. Rhodes-Livingstone Paper no. 28. Gluckman, M. 1960 Tribalism in modern British Central Africa. Cahiers d'études africaines No. 1, 55ff. Paris. Gluckman, M. 1961 Anthropological problems arising from the African industrial revolution. In Social change in modern Africa, A. Southall, ed. Oxford University Press. Gulliver, P. H. 1957 Labour migration in a rural economy. Kampala. East African Studies No. 6. East African Institute of Social Research. Mayer, P. 1961 Townsmen or tribesmen. Cape Town, Oxford University Press, for Rhodes University Institute of Social and Economic Research. Mitchell, J. C. 1956 The Kalela dance. Rhodes-Livingstone Paper 27. Manchester, Manchester University Press. Mitchell, J. C. 1959a The causes of labour migration. Bulletin of the Inter-African Labour Institute, Vol. VI, no. 1. Mitchell, J. C. 1959b The study of African urban social structure. Unpublished paper for CCTA Conference on Housing and Urbanisation, Nairobi. Mitchell, J. C. 1959c Social change and the new towns of Bantu Africa. Unpublished paper for Round Table Conference on Social Implications of Technological change. Paris, Social Science Council. Mitchell, J. C. 1960a Tribalism and the plural society. Inaugural lecture, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. London, Oxford University Press. Mitchell, J. C. 1960b The anthropological study of urban communities. Johannesburg, African Studies, 19, 3: 169– 72. Nadel, S. F. 1957 The theory of social structure. London, Cohen and West. Schapera, I. 1947 Migrant labour and tribal life. Oxford University Press. Southall, A. W. and P. C. W. Gutkind 1957 Townsmen in the making.Kampala, East African Studies, No. 9. East African Institute of Social Research. Watson, W. 1958 Tribal cohesion in a money economy, Manchester, Manchester University Press. Wilson, G. 1941 Economics of detribalisation in Northern Rhodesia: Part I. Rhodes-Livingstone Paper 5. Livingstone, The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute. Wilson, G. 1942 Economics of detribalisation in Northern Rhodesia: Part II. Rhodes-Livingstone Paper 6. van Velsen, J. 1960 Labour migration as a positive factor in the continuity of Tonga tribal society. In Social change in modern Africa, A. Southall, ed. Oxford University Press. Citing Literature Volume64, Issue3June 1962Pages 576-592 This article also appears in:Migration and Immigration ReferencesRelatedInformation