Includes bibliographies.

Cover Page
Half Title page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Foreword to the Dutch Edition (1975)
Part One
1 Introduction and Background
Short Reading List
2 Social Anthropology and Some Other Sciences of Man
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
3 What Social Anthropologists Study the Need for Theory
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
4 Explanation in Social Anthropology Social Function and Social Structure
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
5 Beliefs and Values
Short Reading List
6 Fieldwork
Short Reading List
Part Two
7 Kinship
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
8 Marriage and Affinity
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
9 Social Control Political Organization
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
10 Social Control Law and Social Sanctions
Short Reading List
11 Economic and Property Relations
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
12 The Field of Ritual Magic
Short Reading List
13 The Field of Ritual Religion
Short Reading List
14 Social Change
(1)
(2)
Short Reading List
15 Conclusion and Assessment
Index

Other Cultures provides a lucid introduction to social anthropology. The author devotes the first part of the book to a consideration of what social anthropology is and seeks to do, what areas it covers, and the methods of investigation employed by social anthropologists. The second part discusses the major categories of research through which social anthropologies have advanced our knowledge of other cultures. These include marriage, kinship, political organization, law, economic and property relations, magic, religion, and social change. The final chapter surveys some of the contributions social anthropology has made to the understanding of other cultures. A short reading list follows each chapter.