When undertaking the research for this book, conrad maynadier arensberg. Two new books take a look at rural life the irish times. Arensberg 1937 arising from a series of lectures based on his field research in ireland, delivered by him at the lowell institute in boston in march 1936 arensberg, 1937, vii, and the later, and more substantial coauthored work, family and commuity in ireland, by arensberg and solon t. Introduction to the third edition of arensberg and kimball.
Wolffs most popular book is conflict and the web of group affiliations. It has been observed that ethnographers in ireland postarensberg and kimball were strongly inclined to take the community as their unit of analysis, focus their analysis of social life on kinship and social networks, and adopt structural functionalism as their. Anne byrne, school of political science and sociology, national university of ireland. Conrad arensberg september 12, 1910 february 10, 1997. Arensberg and kimball recount that the expectation of an heir was so central that, if not met. For many years irish rural sociology came to be defined in relation to arensberg and kimballs celebrated anthropological study, family and community in ireland, for which fieldwork was undertaken in clare between 1932 and 1934. Two recently published books look at aspects of rural life in clare and limerick. Family and community in ireland 1968 harvard university press cambridge.
Arensberg and kimball and anthropological research in ireland. Family and community in ireland 2nd edition by conrad m. Warner, arensberg, kimball and the harvard irish social anthropology. As a prelude to the main book, arensberg had published the irish.
Copies of the books were sent to ireland by relatives living in the united. Anyone who wants to know what social anthropology is doing at the present day should read the admirable work of arensberg and kimball on family and community in ireland. Family and community in ireland, a reissue of the classic 1940s text by conrad arensberg and solon kimball, has. Arensberg and kimball, family, community, rural, narrative, art, storytelling.
Pdf arensberg and kimball and anthropological research in ireland. Introduction to the third edition, conrad arensberg and solon kimball, family and community in ireland, clasp. Arensberg and solon t kimball, clasp press, ennis, co. For them, it involved sociology as much as it did anthropology, and. Household structure in early twentieth century ireland. For many years irish rural sociology came to be defined in relation to arensberg and kimballs celebrated anthropological study, family and community in ireland, for which fieldwork was undertaken.