abstract:Alan Donald James Macfarlane FBA FRHistS (born 20 December 1941) is a renowned anthropologist and historian and a Professor Emeritus of King's College, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of 20 books and numerous articles on the anthropology and history of England, Nepal, Japan and China.
Alan Macfarlane, professor of anthropological science at King'sCollege, Cambridge has, likeotherhistorians, spentdecades wrestling with the enigmaof the IndustrialRevolution.