AbstractsSociology

[...] The present study, which is intended to supplement the growing body of literature concerned with small-scale traders and marketers in peasant economies, will investigate the nature of the distributive activities of rural Negro women in the Scotland District of Barbados. The various types of distribution will be described in terms of the economic relationships within which internal distribution is conducted. The household roles of Scotland District women will be examined to determine possible relationships between particular roles and particular distributive occupations, and changes from one type of distribution to another will be related to the life cycle of the woman. The household situtations of Scotland District distributors will be compared to those of non-distributors. [...]