This looks at Greenfield's work as a Professor and anthropologist. and his sociological perspective. This can be found in the CAPE Sociology Unit 1 Syllabus

2.  He is an anthropologist
 According to an interview he did on
“Conversations with Channer” he focuses his
study in Brazil.
 He was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended
Brooklyn College. He received his Ph.D at
Columbia University.
 He has done anthropological field work in the
Caribbean and historical research in Portugal
about the beginnings of the slave plantation,
religion
 His writing are based upon the observations he
makes in different parts of the world.

3.  This research was published in “American
Journal of Sociology” Vol. 67, No. 3 in
November 1961
 Published by: The University of Chicago Press

4.  This paper questions the hypothesis that the
small nuclear family found in Western Europe
and the United States is generally viewed in
sociological theory as a consequence of the
urban-industrial revolution and it suggests
alternative lines of thinking.
 His point is derived from the functionalist
view as he speaks about function and
equilibrium stating “the maintenance of the
state of equilibrium is likened to the
continuance of life in the organism
(institutions)

5.  He believes the industrial revolution is seen
as the force that changed the “farm family”
and is basically responsible for the “Modern
American family”
 He sources from Max Weber’s “General
Economic History” which states the reason
for viewing the changes in the family as a
function of its changing economic position
that in turn is a function of the changes in
the total society that stemmed from the
industrial revolution. Weber believes that it
is only after industrialisation is accomplished
equilibrium is achieved.

6.  He also refers to Barbados establishing that it
does not have an industrialised society in the
general sense of the term. He believes that
the concept of industrialisation as it is used
in sociological discussions is ambiguous as it
usually stands for machines and factories but
it refers to the systems of social relations
that organize human populations in the
management of machines.