Tribe and Class in Monrovia

<p>Originally published in 1964 this book analyses the unique type of social stratification which is more akin to a social class system in Monrovia Liberia's capital. Liberia established in 1847 has no history of rule by a colonial power and is of perculiar sociological interest having been governed until the first half of the twentieth century by a minority group of immigrants from America and their descendants. The bulk of the population however is made up of members of about 20 tribes between whom and the American descendants a caste-like social system has developed. </p>