Author: Jahoda, Gustav
Title: White Man: A Study of Attitudes of Africans to Europeans in Ghana Before Independence
Description: London, Oxford University Press, 1961. orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xi,144 pp, In a soiled & rubbed dustwrapper.. Minor rubbing. Small stain to binding. Good+. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents. Europeans in the Gold Coast: Historical Outline; Social Characteristics of Europeans; Europeans through the Eyes of Children & Adolescents in Elementary Schools: Family Backrounds; Personal Contacts with Europeans & the Influence of Other People; Prevalent Stereotypes; Feelings & Attitudes; Secondary Schoolboys: A More Sophisticated View: Comparisons Between Africans & Europeans; General Attitudes; The Adult Perspective: Childhood Memoiries; Contacts with Europeans; Benefits and Evils Brought by Whites; How Whites are Believed to Feel About Africans; Attitudes to Whites & their Determinants; Major Group Differences; Attitudes & Stereotypes in Politics & Work: In the Legislative Assembly; Industrial Conflict & the Work Situation; Personal Observations: Supernormal Powers of Europeans; High Prestige & Favourable Attitudes; Historical Origins & Contemporary Influences: Education at School; Early Nationalist Writings; The Contemporary Situation; Psychological Reactions: A Tentative Typology; Self-Images & Aspirations; Towards Autonomy; Appendices.

Keywords: African Social Psychology, Colonial Sociology, Gold Coast Africans, West Africa History, British Colonialism, Ghana Ethnography, Anthropology, Race Historical, Racial Attitudes