Contents of Alan Macfarlane's website Life Outlines and contexts Outline chronology of life Full chronology (curriculum vitae) Interviews Recognition and Awards Family ancestors of Alan Macfarlane Themes Teaching, lecturing and supervising major lecture series Life and Research Methods 'Travels through Anthropology-Land' 'Encounters on the Journey': reflections after thirty years Administration Directing and organizing research projects Particularly important people Iris Macfarlane Andrew Morgan Sarah Harrison Keith Thomas Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf Peter Laslett Jack Goody Ernest Gellner Gerry Martin Particularly important places England in general the Nepal Himalayas and the Gurungs Japan - Hokkaido, Tokyo and Kyoto Publications Themes Witchcraft, magic and the Inquisition WITCHCRAFT IN TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND 'Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England' 'Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart Essex' 'A Tudor anthropologist: George Gifford's Discourse and Dialogue' 'The Root of All Evil' 'The Inquisition in Early Modern Europe' Review of Keith Thomas 'Religion and the Decline of Magic' 'Civility and the Decline of Magic' 'The sociological Study of Past Societies with special reference to Witchcraft in Essex' Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England; A regional and comparative study Films Family, kinship and marriage The diary of Ralph Josselin 1616-1683 The Family Life of Ralph Josselin: An essay in historical anthropology Illegitimacy and illegitimates in English history Marriage and Love in England; Modes of Reproduction Love and Capitalism Mating patterns - an historical perspective Population, resources and disease Resources and Population; A Study of the Gurungs of Nepal Modes of Reproduction (Malinowski Lecture for 1978) Modes of Reproduction Social Anthropology and Population 'Death and the Demographic Transition' 'Demographic Structures and Cultural Regions in Europe' The Savage Wars of Peace; England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap 'Introduction to Savage Wars of Peace' 'Epilogue to Savage Wars of Peace' 'The Malthusian Trap' 'Preface to Resources and Population' Long version of the book "Autobiography" of the book Reviews Films Individualism, capitalism and modernity The Origins of English Individualism: The family, property and social transition Some Psychological Consequences of English Individualism The Group and the Individual in History Introduction to The Origins of English Individualism Preface to the Hungarian edition of The Origins of English Individualism The myth of peasantry; family and economy in a northern parish The Cradle of Capitalism: The Case of England The Culture of Capitalism The Riddle of the Modern World On Individualism 'The mystery of property: inheritance and industrialization in England and Japan' The Making of the Modern World: the views from the West and East Appendix : A Note on the Nature of Capitalism 'Freedom and Economic Growth' The Cradle of Capitalism: The Case of England Individualism Some Reflections on the Origins of Industrial Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective The Origins of English Individualism: Some Surprises 'The Making of the Modern World' 'Reflection on Peasant and Capitalist Morality' 'Some Thoughts on the Nature of Early Modern Society' 'Illth and Wealth' 'Wealth and the Decline of Illth' 'Freedom and economic growth' 'Individualism Reconsidered' Law The Justice and the Mare's Ale: Law and disorder in seventeenth-century England 'What makes Law Effective?' Technology and the material world The Glass Bathyscaphe; How Glass Changed the World Green Gold; The Empire of Tea Technological Evolution and Involution; A Preliminary Comparison of Europe and Japan The World of Glass General LETTERS TO LILY: On how the world works 'Background thoughts on writing "Letters" Short reviews of other authors Theories and methods Encounters with historians and anthropologists Dor Bahadur Bista 'Fatalism and Development in Nepal' Marc Bloch 'Marc Bloch and the transformation to modernity' Fernand Braudel 'Fernand Braudel and Global History' 'A few First Thoughts about Fernand Braudel and Norman Jacobs' Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Personal memories and influence of Haimendorf 'Obituary of Professor Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, 1909-1995' 'Himalayan Traders: Life in Highland Nepal' 'Contributions to the Anthropology of Nepal' 'Life Among the Indian Tribes' The Naga Videodisc Project Digital Himalaya Edward Freeman The work of Edward Freeman Christopher Hill The work of Christopher Hill Ishiguro Thoughts on Japan and England after reading 'Remains of the Day' Peter Laslett F.W. Maitland J.G.A. Pocock 'Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law' Lawrence Stone 'The Family, Sex and Marriage in England' William Stubbs The work of William Stubbs Keith Thomas A personal memoir of my D.Phil supervisor and his influence 'Religion and the Decline of Magic' 'Man and the Natural World' 'Civility and the Decline of Magic' G.M. Trevelyan 'G.M.Trevelyan and the discovery of the the capitalist revolution' E.A. Wrigley 'E.A.Wrigley and the Riddle of the World' Encounters with social theorists Andre Beteille 'André Béteille and Alexis de Tocqueville' Louis Dumont 'Louis Dumont and the Origins of Individualism', Emile Durkheim 'Maitland and Durkheim' 'Emile Durkheim and the Riddle of the Modern World' Yukichi Fukuzawa Preface to a study of Yukichi Fukuzawa Yukichi Fukuzawa and the Making of the Modern World Early Experience and Character Travels and Comparisons The Making of a New Japan The Essence of the Modern World Liberty, Equality and Human Relations How the Modern World was Made (Maitland and Fukuzawa) Bibliography of 'Making of the Modern World' Alfred Gell 'Obituary' Ernest Gellner 'Ernest Gellner and the Escape to Modernity' 'The Conditions of Liberty' Obituary of Ernest Gellner 'Ernest Gellner and the Conditions of the Exit' Lecture 8. Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) [film] Brief Memories of Ernest Gellner David Hume 'David Hume and the political economy of agrarian civilization' 'Alexander Pope, David Hume and the Mystery of Modernity' Norman Jacobs 'The Origins of Capitalism in Japan, China and the West: The Work of Norman Jacobs' 'A few First Thoughts about Fernand Braudel and Norman Jacobs' Sir Henry Maine 'Sir Henry James Sumner Maine' 'Some contributions of Sir Henry Maine to history and anthropology' 'The Legacy of Sir Henry Maine' F.W. Maitland 'F.W.Maitland' 'F.W. Maitland and the Making of the Modern World' [eBook] Preface to a study of F.W.Maitland F.W.Maitland and the Making of the Modern World The Legacy of Sir Henry Maine Life, Work and Methods Power and Property Social Relations The Divergence of Legal Systems Fellowship and Trust Maitland and Durkheim Maitland Assessed Maitland and Fukuzawa Extra Lecture - F.W. Maitland (1850-1906) [film] Thomas Malthus Resources and Population: A Study of the Gurungs of Central Nepal (Chapter 16) Marriage and Love in England (Chapters 1-3, 14) 'The Malthusian Trap' Karl Marx 'Karl Marx and the Origins of Capitalism' Baron de Montesquieu Baron de Montesquieu's Life and Vision Liberty and Despotism The Defence of Liberty Adam Smith Adam Smith's Life and Vision Growth and Stasis Of Wealth and Liberty From Predation to Production Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis de Tocqueville's Life and Vision 'America' as a Thought Experiment How the Modern World Emerged Liberty, Wealth and Equality Max Weber 'Max Weber and the Origins of Capitalism Theoretical methodology Individualism Reconsidered, or the Craft of the Historian Scholarly Standards; Judgment, Accuracy and Honesty History, Anthropology and the Study of Communities Notes on General Theory and Particular Cases 'Historical Anthropology' Imaginative Leaps 'Anthropology and History' Socio-economic revolution in England and the origin of the modern world History and Anthropology To Contrast and Compare 'Structural and Functional Approaches 'Only Connect - Some thoughts on Discovery and Creativity' 'The Comparative Method; Preliminary Thoughts' Historical records and computers Reconstructing Historical Communities A Guide to English Historical Records Reconstructing Historical Communities by Computer'Computer input of historical records for multi-source record linkage' 'The Actual and Potential Role of Microforms in British Historical Research' 'The computer revolution and local history' The Cambridge Database System Cambridge Database System; CDS 2000 Multimedia and film The Cambridge Experimental Videodisc Project 'The Cambridge Experimental Videodisc Project' 'The Principles Used in Selecting, Editing and Transferring Materials for an Archival Videodisc' The Potentials of Videodisc in Visual Anthropology; Some Examples 'The Cambridge Experimental Videodisc Project 'Forty years work with computers and visual media' 'Digital Orient: An Experiment' 'The Nagas: An Experiment in Multimedia' 'Anthropological and other "Ancestors": Notes on Setting up a Visual Archive' Areas Japan and the Japanese On Individualism Technological Evolution and Involution; A Preliminary Comparison of Europe and Japan 'De Tocqueville in Japan, the nature of Japanese society and culture' Japan and the West 'Japan' in an English Mirror 'Law and custom in Japan: some comparative reflections' 'Work and Culture: Some Comparisons of England and Japan' 'The mystery of property: inheritance and industrialization in England and Japan' 'De Tocqueville in Japan' Nepal and the Gurungs The Gurungs 'Death, Disease and Curing in a Himalayan Village' A Guide to the Gurungs 'Fatalism and Development in Nepal' Identity and Change Among the Gurungs (Tamu-mai) of Central Nepal Himalayan Diary; where have all the witches gone? Sliding Down Hill: Social Change in a Gurung Village Digital Himalaya: Nepal in Context China and Korea 'Reflections on the Great Divergence: Reliable Knowledge of the World' 'Don's Diary' 'Reflections on the Great Divergence: Demographic and Social Structure' England and the English Lectures Law, Justice and Violence [Film] Introduction to Kinship and Marriage [Film] '53 minute video on doing fieldwork' [Film] 'Reflections on fieldwork among the Gurungs of Nepal' [Film] 'Reflections on using film in fieldwork' [Film] Classical Social Theorists [Films] Talks on Economic Anthropology [Films] What is Social Anthropology? [Film] Some Technical Terms used by Anthropologists Changing Paradigms in the Social Sciences Lecture on the use of personal records for history and anthropology [Film] Talk on the methods of charting social relationships [Film] Politics and Economic life [Films] Introduction to Religion and Ritual lectures given by Stephen Hugh-Jones [Films] Symbols, Language and Communication lectures given by Mark Turin [Films] Further materials for Cambridge Undergraduates Ethics for Anthropologists [Films] An Informal Introduction to Cambridge and King's College [Films] A Visit to Earls Colne, Essex [Films] 'Why is there Inequality?' - Public Lecture [Films] Projects Mainly anthropological Cambridge experimental videodisc project The Nagas Social change in central Nepal Anthropological ancestors Digital Himalaya Digital Orient Mainly Historical Earls Colne Project Global History ['The Day the World Took Off'] Achievement project Working with Iris Macfarlane Family Archives Working with Gerry Martin Cross-disciplinary Database of quotations and ideas Books and book-collecting