Radcliffe-Brown

(noun)

A British social anthropologist from the early twentieth century who contributed to the development of the theory of structural-functionalism.

Related Terms

Examples of Radcliffe-Brown in the following topics:

  • The Functionalist Perspective

    • Radcliffe-Brown proposed that most stateless, "primitive" societies that lack strong centralized institutions are based on an association of corporate-descent groups.

  • Structural-Functionalism

    • Durkheim's strongly sociological perspective of society was continued by Radcliffe-Brown.
    • Following Auguste Comte, Radcliffe-Brown believed that the social constituted a separate level of reality distinct from both the biological and the inorganic (here non-living).

  • Education and Unequal Treatment in the Classroom

    • The most famous women's colleges in the United States were known as the Seven Sisters colleges and included Mount Holyoke College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Smith College, Radcliffe College, Bryn Mawr College, and Barnard College.
    • Today, five still operate as women's-only colleges, Radcliffe no longer accepts students, and Vassar is coeducational.

  • The Raid on Harper's Ferry

    • Brown's raid was quickly defeated by a detachment of U.S.
    • Douglass had prudently turned down Brown's invitation to take part in the raid.
    • Marine force quickly captured Brown.
    • Brown had hoped to lead armed slaves to insurrection.
    • Compare how Southern and Northern states responded to John Brown’s raid

  • Litigating for Equality After World War II

    • Post-WWI civil rights were expanded through court rulings such as Brown v.
    • The best know case from this period is Brown v.
    • Brown v.
    • Brown v.

  • Brown v. Board of Education and School Integration

    • Brown v.
    • Brown v.
    • Brown, whose daughter Linda had to walk six blocks to her school bus stop to ride to Monroe Elementary, her segregated black school one mile away, while Sumner Elementary, a white school, was only seven blocks from her house.
    • The members of the Warren Court that unanimously agreed on Brown v.
    • Summarize the phenomena of de jure and de facto segregation in the United States during the mid-1900s and the significance of the Brown v.

  • Chromalveolata: Stramenopiles

    • Stramenophiles include photosynthetic marine algae and heterotrophic protists such as diatoms, brown and golden algae, and oomycetes.
    • Chromalveolates include very important photosynthetic organisms, such as diatoms, brown algae, and significant disease agents in animals and plants.
    • The brown algae are primarily marine, multicellular organisms that are known colloquially as seaweeds.
    • Giant kelps are a type of brown algae.
    • Describe characteristics of the following Stramenophiles:  diatoms, brown algae, golden algae, and oomycetes

  • Anti-Slavery Resistance Movements

    • White abolitionist John Brown had already fought against pro-slavery forces in Kansas for several years when he decided to lead a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (West Virginia was not yet a state).
    • It almost succeeded, had it not been for Brown's delay, and hundreds of slaves left their plantations to join Brown's force, and others left their plantations to join Brown in an escape to the mountains.
    • Eventually, due to a tactical error by Brown, their force was quelled.

  • Women and Education

    • Notable examples include the prestigious Seven Sisters; within this association of colleges, Vassar College is now coeducational and Radcliffe College has merged with Harvard University.

  • The Brown Decision

    • In 1954 Brown v.
    • Brown v.
    • The case of Brown v.
    • Many resisted the 1954 Brown v.
    • Explain the background, ruling, and effects of Brown vs.