The Evolution of Human Societies : From Foraging Group to Agrarian State

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