and the Making of the Modern World, 2013, 55 p. (the text is available on this page) Alexis de Tocqueville and the Making of the Modern World, 2013, 92 p. (the text is available on this page) Adam Smith and the Making of the Modern World, 2013, 69 p. (the text is available on this page) Four Approaches to the Making of the Modern World, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Silicon Valley 2018, 110 p. How We Understand the World Series Inspired by and continuing Letters To Lily: On How the World Works also addressed to younger persons of the author's and author's friends' families. How to Discover the World - Reflections for Rosa, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 96 p. (translated in Chinese) How To Understand Each Other - Notes for Nina, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 96 p. (translated in Chinese) Intelligent Machines - Conversations with Gerry, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 192 p. Learning to be Modern - Jottings for James, Cam Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 88 p. A Modern Education - Advice for Ariston, Cam Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 168 p. How Do We Know - Advice for April, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 136 p. (translated in Chinese) How To Investigate Mysteries - Secrets for Sam, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 84 p. (translated in Chinese) How to Study the World - Suggestions for Shuo, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, April 2018, 120 p. (translated in Chinese) How Can We Survive - Thoughts for Taras, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, April 2018, 124 p. (translated in Chinese) Other essays Encounters with Japan and the Japanese, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Silicon Valley, 2013, 256 p. King's College Cambridge, a personal view with Patricia McGuire, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, July 2018, 56 p. (unpublished) Robert Chambers of Edinburgh as 'assistant' of Iris Macfarlane available on the author's own site As editor The Education of Iris Macfarlane 1922-1939 by Iris Macfarlane, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Silicon Valley, July 2018, 234 p. (the text is available on this page) Selected lectures Family, Marriage and Kinship - How They Work (1983) Lectures on Great Social Thinkers (2001) References Further reading Snell, Keith D. M., "English Historical Continuity and the Culture of Capitalism: The Work of Alan Macfarlane", History Workshop Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1 (March 1989), pp. 154–163 White, Stephen D., and Vann, Richard T., "The