Author: Beck, S[iegfried].
Title: Lezingen over Surinaamsche problemen. [Lezing] I, III, IV & V.
Description: Paramaribo, C. Kersten & Co., 1924. 4 (of 5) parts. 32, 34, 36, 44 p. Orig. uniform softcovers (printed wrappers). 8vo. Very rare set of 4 parts (of 5) with individual lectures by Siegfried Beck: I: De structuur van de economische samenleving in Suriname; III: De Creolen en de Klein-landbouw; IV: Volksonderwijs, arbeidsopvoeding en beroepsopleiding; V: Landbouwbedrijfsvorm en landbouwopleiding. - Lacking part II: De verschillende bedrijfsvormen in den klein-landbouw met betrekking tot rasaanleg en volksgewoonten. - - Siegfried Beck (born in Gnadenfeld, Silesia on July 30, 1880 and died in Paramaribo on September 4, 1942) was a Missionskaufmann (Missionary merchant) in the service of the EBG (De Evangelische Broedergemeente) in Suriname. From 1899 to 1940 he served in various positions at the missionary company C. Kersten en Co. in Paramaribo and at a timber trade affiliated with C.K.C. (Centraal Kolonisatie Comite) in Amsterdam. He became general manager in 1934. A remarkable man who stimulated business and was one of the few in his time to pay attention to social and economic questions.

Keywords: Ethnography Latin America Suriname Etnografie Latijns-Amerika