Raoul Naroll

Raoul Naroll

Raoul Naroll (September 10, 1920 – June 25, 1985) was an anthropologist who did much to promote the methodology of cross-cultural studies. He was born in Toronto, Ontario but was raised in Los Angeles and attended UCLA at the age of 16, dropping out in his junior year. Naroll returned to his studies in anthropology and history in 1949, receiving an A.B. in 1950, his Master's in 1952 and a Ph.d. in history in 1953. In 1939, he joined the army serving in Infantry, as an Officer in the Army Finance Department and in the Military Intelligence Service, screening officials and prisoners of war in Germany. [ Otterbein, K. F. (1987). Raoul Naroll (1920-1985) [Electronic version] . "American Anthrpologist", "89"(1), 136-142.]

The author of eight books, several articles and book reviews, Naroll's research spanned many disciplines. His first book, "Data Quality Control, a new research technique; prolegomena to a cross-cultural study of culture stress," concerns the issue of trustworthiness of data and methodology used in studying cultures. Much of his later research was concerned with the application of cross-cultural anthropological theory to historical data. Texts such as "Imperial Cycles and World Order (1966)" and "Military Deterrence in History (1974)" [http://books.google.com/books?id=afZnn1NRxIAC&pg=PP1&ots=guTH5t5Bn7&dq=Military+Deterrence+in+History&sig=U56ikaaM8C6C49SWYBjPqs4Fijc#PPR7,M1] point to Naroll's concerns and scholarship on war and military studies. "The Moral Order: An Introduction to the Human Situation (1983)" is a broad, evolutionary study of ten factors of social life, from a cross-cultural perspective.

Naroll was a member of the faculty of the University at Buffalo and was a past president of the Human Relations Area Files.

Books by Raoul Naroll

* "Data Quality Control" (1962)
* "Imperial Cycles and World Order" (1966)
* "Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology" (1970)
* "Main Currents in Cultural Anthropology" (1973)
* "Military Deterrence in History: A Pilot Cross Historical Survey" (1974)
* "HRAFLIB (HRAF Hologeistic Computer Program Library)" (1975)
* "Worldwide Theory Testing" (1976)
* "The Moral Order: An Introduction to the Human Situation" (1983)

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