Man in Adaptation: The Cultural PresentYehudi A. Cohen Includes chapters on hunting and gathering, horticulture, pastoralism, agriculture, and transitions to modernity in societies and cultures around the world. |
Contents
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1 THE IMPACT OF THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE ON THE CONCEPT OF MAN | 19 |
2 LANGUAGE AND EVOLUTION | 33 |
3 CULTURE AS ADAPTATION | 45 |
STATELESS SOCIETIES | 69 |
I HUNTINGGATHERING | 77 |
4 WHAT HUNTERS DO FOR A LIVING OR HOW TO MAKE OUT ON SCARCE RESOURCES | 87 |
20 ECOLOGY AND CULTURAL CONTINUITY AS CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PLAINS INDIANS | 302 |
21 THE JIE OF UGANDA | 323 |
22 THE TURKANA | 346 |
HORSE AND SHEEP HERDERS OF CENTRAL ASIA | 362 |
24 CULTURAL vs ECOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE EXPRESSION OF VALUES ATTITUDES AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS | 373 |
25 ECOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS OF ETHNIC GROUPS IN SWAT NORTH PAKISTAN | 378 |
26 CHIEFTAINSHIP | 386 |
STATE SOCIETIES | 399 |
AN EXAMPLE OF A FAMILY LEVEL OF SOCIOCULTURAL INTEGRATION | 101 |
6 STEEL AXES FOR STONE AGE AUSTRALIANS | 116 |
7 VARIATION IN HABITAT AND CULTURE ON THE NORTHWEST COAST | 128 |
8 FORMS OF KINSHIP | 142 |
II CULTIVATING | 151 |
9 THE TRANSITION FROM HUNTING TO HORTICULTURE IN THE AMAZON BASIN | 157 |
10 AN ETHNOECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SHIFTING AGRICULTURE | 167 |
A CASE STUDY OF THE PIMA AND PAPAGO INDIANS | 173 |
12 THE STRUCTURAL POSES OF 18THCENTURY CHEROKEE VILLAGES | 181 |
13 LAND AND LABOR | 188 |
AN ORGANIZATION OF PREDATORY EXPANSION | 203 |
15 THE LELE OF KASAI | 221 |
PARALLEL PROCESS IN ACCULTURATION | 241 |
III PASTORALISM | 261 |
17 POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AMONG NOMADIC PEOPLE | 267 |
18 THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN PEASANTNOMAD MUTUALISM | 285 |
19 THEORY AND STRATEGY IN THE STUDY OF CULTURE ADAPTABILITY | 297 |
IV CULTIVATING | 407 |
27 A THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE STATE | 417 |
THE CASE OF TOKUGAWA JAPAN | 427 |
29 THE KINGDOM OF THE ZULU OF SOUTH AFRICA | 439 |
30 CHARACTER AND VICISSITUDES OF THE TIE OF KINSHIP | 458 |
31 ENGLISH VILLAGERS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY | 466 |
A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION | 478 |
33 THE AGRICULTURAL BASIS OF URBAN CIVILIZATION IN MESOAMERICA | 492 |
34 THE JAVANESE STATE AND ISLAM | 506 |
V INDUSTRIALISM | 519 |
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36 HUSBANDS AND WIVES | 539 |
37 LEGAL EVOLUTION AND SOCIETAL COMPLEXITY | 560 |
38 THE CONTROL OF CHURCHES BY MILLS | 568 |
39 THE ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS IN WEST AFRICAN URBANIZATION | 579 |
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