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Sidney Greenfield-Anthropologist

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This looks at Greenfield's work as a Professor and anthropologist. and his sociological perspective. This can be found in the CAPE Sociology Unit 1 Syllabus

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Sidney Greenfield-Anthropologist
? He is an anthropologist ? According to an interview he did on Conversations with Channer he focuses his study in Brazil. ? He was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Brooklyn College. He received his Ph.D at Columbia University. ? He has done anthropological field work in the Caribbean and historical research in Portugal about the beginnings of the slave plantation, religion ? His writing are based upon the observations he makes in different parts of the world.
? This research was published in American Journal of Sociology Vol. 67, No. 3 in November 1961 ? Published by: The University of Chicago Press
? This paper questions the hypothesis that the small nuclear family found in Western Europe and the United States is generally viewed in sociological theory as a consequence of the urban-industrial revolution and it suggests alternative lines of thinking. ? His point is derived from the functionalist view as he speaks about function and equilibrium stating the maintenance of the state of equilibrium is likened to the continuance of life in the organism (institutions)
? He believes the industrial revolution is seen as the force that changed the farm family and is basically responsible for the Modern American family ? He sources from Max Webers General Economic History which states the reason for viewing the changes in the family as a function of its changing economic position that in turn is a function of the changes in the total society that stemmed from the industrial revolution. Weber believes that it is only after industrialisation is accomplished equilibrium is achieved.
? He also refers to Barbados establishing that it does not have an industrialised society in the general sense of the term. He believes that the concept of industrialisation as it is used in sociological discussions is ambiguous as it usually stands for machines and factories but it refers to the systems of social relations that organize human populations in the management of machines.

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Sidney Greenfield-Anthropologist

  • 2. ? He is an anthropologist ? According to an interview he did on Conversations with Channer he focuses his study in Brazil. ? He was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Brooklyn College. He received his Ph.D at Columbia University. ? He has done anthropological field work in the Caribbean and historical research in Portugal about the beginnings of the slave plantation, religion ? His writing are based upon the observations he makes in different parts of the world.
  • 3. ? This research was published in American Journal of Sociology Vol. 67, No. 3 in November 1961 ? Published by: The University of Chicago Press
  • 4. ? This paper questions the hypothesis that the small nuclear family found in Western Europe and the United States is generally viewed in sociological theory as a consequence of the urban-industrial revolution and it suggests alternative lines of thinking. ? His point is derived from the functionalist view as he speaks about function and equilibrium stating the maintenance of the state of equilibrium is likened to the continuance of life in the organism (institutions)
  • 5. ? He believes the industrial revolution is seen as the force that changed the farm family and is basically responsible for the Modern American family ? He sources from Max Webers General Economic History which states the reason for viewing the changes in the family as a function of its changing economic position that in turn is a function of the changes in the total society that stemmed from the industrial revolution. Weber believes that it is only after industrialisation is accomplished equilibrium is achieved.
  • 6. ? He also refers to Barbados establishing that it does not have an industrialised society in the general sense of the term. He believes that the concept of industrialisation as it is used in sociological discussions is ambiguous as it usually stands for machines and factories but it refers to the systems of social relations that organize human populations in the management of machines.