Alan Macfarlane writes anthropology and social history about family, individualism, witchcraft and the distinctive development of English society. The Origins of English Individualism argues that market-oriented and individual property practices in England predated industrialisation, while The Family Life of Ralph Josselin reconstructs a seventeenth-century household from a clergyman's diary. Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England examines accusations and belief through local records, and later comparative books extend his interests to Japan, Nepal and long-term social change. Macfarlane's writing is comparative, analytical and wide-ranging, often moving between anthropology and archival history. His work fits early modern England, historical anthropology, family history and witchcraft studies. Read more Less
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