Preface
Introduction

Part I: Field Work

Chapter 1: The Early Paradigm on a Pacific Island: Excerpt from Argonauts of the Western Pacific, Bronislaw Malinowski
Chapter 2: How It Works in the Global World: "Anthropologist: the Myth Teller," Miles Richardson

Part II: Cultural Codes

Chapter 3: Where Pacific Islanders Live: "Residency Rules," Ward H. Goodenough
Chapter 4: Nahua Religion in Mexico: "Anthropology Gets Religion: Cultural Ecology, Pantheism, and Paper Dolls among the Nahua People of Mexico," Alan R. Sandstrom

Part III: Explaining Cultures

Chapter 5: Sacred Cows in India: "The Myth of the Sacred Cow," Marvin Harris
Chapter 6: New Guinea Rituals: "Ritual Regulation of Environmental Relations among a New Guinea People," Roy A. Rappaport

Part IV: The Importance of History

Chapter 7: The Origin of Islam: "The Social Organization of Mecca and the Origins of Islam," Eric R. Wolf
Chapter 8: Community in Mexico and Indonesia: "Closed Corporate Peasant Communities in Mesoamerica and Central Java," Eric R. Wolf
Chapter 9: Household to Firm in Iceland: "Peasants, Entrepreneurs and Companies: The Evolution of Icelandic Fishing," E. Paul Durrenberger and Gísli Pálsson
Chapter 10: The Development of Underdevelopment: "The Development of Underdevelopment," Andre Gunder-Frank

Part V: Power and Culture

Chapter 11: Why Khat Is Illegal in Madagascar: "Leaf of Paradise or Aid to Terrorism? Cultural Construction of a Drug Called Khat," Lisa L. Gezon
Chapter 12: Merging U.S. and Mexican Culture: "Bordering Culture: The U.S.-Mexico Case," Josiah Heyman and Howard Campbell
Chapter 13: Shaping American Culture: "Wealth Unbound: Corporate Capitalism and the Transformation of U.S. Culture," Dimitra Doukas

Part VI: Global Processes and Local Systems

Chapter 14: Gender and Households in Turkey: "Households and Gender Relations in Economic Development: A Central Anatolian Village," Emine Onaran Incirlioglu
Chapter 15: Informal Economy in California: "Economists' Blind Spot: Field Stories of the Informal Economy among Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley," Christian Zlolniski
Chapter 16: Water and Health in Bangladesh: "Water: The Other Name of Life: South Asian Perspectives," Azizur R. Molla
Chapter 17: Industrial Swine Production in Iowa: "This Little Piggy Went to Market, This Little Piggy Stayed Home; This Little Piggy Got Roast Beef, This Little Piggy Got None: The Social, Cultural, and Economic Effects of Changing Systems of Swine Production in Iowa," Barbara J. Dilly
Chapter 18: Cooperatives in Japan: "Japan's Worker Co-operative Movement into the Twenty-First Century," Bob Marshall

Part VII: Where Do Individuals Fit?

Chapter 19: Responses to Tourism in Indonesia: "Ethnic Tourism and the Renegotiation of Tradition in Tana Toraja," Kathleen M. Adams
Chapter 20: Individuals in Systems: "The Sims Meet Anthropology: The Use of Computer Simulation to Harness Social Complexity," Lawrence A. Kuznar