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Tables of Contents for The Evolution of Human Societies
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
40
Theorizing Sociocultural Evolution
2
14
Theories of Economic Motivation
16
13
The Evolutionary Process
29
3
The Evolutionary Typology
32
4
The Plan of the Book
36
5
Part I: The Family-Level Group
The Family Level
41
13
In Search of Undomesticated Humans
45
1
Theorizing the Family-Level Society
46
6
The Primary Dynamics of the Family-Level Economy and Society
52
2
Family-Level Foragers
54
36
The Shoshone of the Great Basin
58
7
The !Kung of the Kalahari
65
17
Prehistoric Forging Societies
82
5
Conclusions
87
3
Families with Domestication
90
33
The Machiguenga of the Peruvian Amazon
93
19
The Naganasan of Northern Siberia
112
8
Conclusions
120
3
Part II: The Local Group
The Local Group
123
18
The Domestication of the Human Species
127
2
Theorizing the Local Group
129
7
The Primary Dynamics of Local Group Economy and Society
136
5
The Family and the Village
141
30
The Yanomamo of the Venezuelan Highlands
142
29
The Village and the Clan
171
32
The Eskimos of the North Slope of Alaska
172
7
The Tsembaga Maring of New Guinea
179
15
The Turkana of Kenya
194
6
Conclusions
200
3
The Corporate Group and the Big Man Collectivity
203
42
Indian Fishermen of the Northwest Coast
204
13
The Central Enga of Higland New Guinea
217
16
The Kirghiz of Northeastern Afghanistan
233
6
Conclusions
239
6
Part III: The Regional Polity
The Regional Polity
245
20
The Political Revolution: The Origins of Civilzations
251
3
Theorizing the Regional Polity
254
6
The Primary Dynamics of the Regional Polity
260
5
The Simple Chiefdom
265
16
The Trobriand Islanders
267
12
Conclusions
279
2
The Complex Chiefdom
281
23
The Hawaiian Islanders
284
10
The Basseri of Iran
294
7
Conclusions
301
3
The Archaic State
304
26
France and Japan in the Middle Ages
306
9
The Inka: An Andean Empire
315
13
Conclusions
328
2
The Peasant Economy in the Agrarian State
330
37
The Brazilian Sharecroppers of Boa Ventura
334
11
The Chinese Villagers of Taitou
345
11
The Javanese Villagers of Kali Loro
356
11
The Evolution of Global Society
367
26
Theorizing Contemporary Change
371
15
Social Evolution and the Free Market
386
7
Bibliography
393
32
Index
425