A Function of Bilateral Kinship Patterns in a New England Industry

Despres, Leo A.

How kinship, or how certain behaviors within a distinct social group, shape interactions between persons in industrial work settings. A presentation of case study research in applied anthropology on northern New England Franco Americans at work in a brick factory in the 1940s and 1950s. Structure and process of studied brick company and industry, presented under a fictional name. How the cultural norms of both maternal and paternal kinship - "bilateral kinship" - are infused within a separate structure and system of work, including organizational and labor habits, communication among employess, staff hierarchy, and new worker recruitment.

1958-sum

en

Journal Article

4970693;1752391

1940s-1950s; New England

2

Human Organization

0018-7259

17