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University of California Press

About the Book

"This ethnography is one of the classics in the field of South America. The Jívaro (Shuar) represent one of the most important and political well-organized groups of South American Indians, and Harner's work, reissued here, will become the major introduction in English to these people for future students."—Brent Berlin, UC Berkeley

Table of Contents

Introduction
Orthography

I. The Jívaro: Background
II. Shelter, Subsistence, and Technology
III. Social Relations
IV. The Hidden World
V. Law, Feuding, and War
VI. Cultural Change

Epilogue
Bibliography
Notes
Index

Reviews

"This ethnography is one of the classics in the field of South America. The Jívaro (Shuar) represent one of the most important and political well-organized groups of South American Indians, and Harner's work, reissued here, will become the major introduction in English to these people for future students."—Brent Berlin, UC Berkeley