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Friday, June 10, 2005

Alan McFarlane -- the website

I had linked to this several months ago, but had occasion to revisit it recently and decided to feature it again.

Alan McFarlane is one of the great social anthropologists of the twentieth century. Taught at Cambridge for more than three decades. Author of a number of pathblazing publications. I am particularly impressed with his work on the early culture of capitalism.

McFarlane has also had a long term interest in the ways scholarly information can be presented to the public. He has produced and appears in a number of short educational films. His website is a great example of how a scholar can communicate important materials in forms that are easily accessible to a non-specialist.

Check it out here.

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