1969 Review of English Rustics in Black Skin: A Study of Modern Family Forms in a Pre-lndustrialized Society. Sidney M. Greenfield. New Haven: College and University Press, American Anthropologist 71:335-337.

This review argues against the basic cultural historical premises developed by Greenfield, particularly his view of the influence of English culture on Afro-Barbadian society, and his naive perspective on Barbadian history and the life of the enslaved.

Review of English Rustics in Black Skin: A Study of Modern Family Forms in a Pre-lndustrialized Society