The Sula Benet Papers Bulk, 1970-1982 1954-1982
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Benet, Sula, 1903-1982
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Sula Benet, Ph. D., was born and educated in Warsaw, Poland. She attended the University of Warsaw where she met her husband, Samuel Benet, a law student. She graduated in 1935 with a graduate degree in ethnography and archaeology. A year later, her dissertation, Hashish in Folk Customs and Beliefs, was published by the Warsaw Society of Sciences. With the help of her mentor, Professor Poniatowski, she was also granted a scholarship for post-doctoral studies. Following her husband's untimely dea...
Rubin, Vera D.
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On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Peace Corps to promote international peace efforts through volunteer workers. Based on its specialization in Caribbean research, the Research Institute for the Study of Man (RISM) was selected to train Peace Corps volunteers to assist and support the vocational adult education programs sponsored by the government in Jamaica, West Indies. The initial phase of the training program was conducted between April 2 - May 31, 1962 with Pea...
Research Institute for the Study of man
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Like much of the Caribbean, the island of Trinidad endured tremendous economic, social, and political transformations during the period in which this study was conducted. The years leading up to independence from the British Crown in 1962 saw rapid changes in the areas of race relations, family structure, social value systems, and the economic base of the islands as the plantation-based system was supplanted by rapid modernization. In the Trinidad Study, researchers were most interested in docum...
