James G. Carrier’s scientific contributions

... Status exploration at local level has also been painstakingly and convincingly analysed over the past two decades by the work of anthropologists. Gulliver and Silverman's studies on the Thomastown neighbourhood of Co. Kilkenny, spanning a century and a half, explore the complex issues of respectability and status through the lens of the local labouring and shopkeeping classes, while Cohen's work on the linenproducing County Down parish of Tullylish casts much light on the varieties of class formation, paternalism, neighbourliness, interdependence and gender over a two-century span.44 The study of powerful families and prominent individuals, part of local history since the eighteenth century, maintains its attraction into the twentyfirst century. ...

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Local History