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| Introduction | |
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| Theorizing Sociocultural Evolution | |
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| Theories of Economic Motivation | |
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| The Evolutionary Process | |
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| The Evolutionary Typology | |
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| The Plan of the Book | |
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| The Family-Level Group | |
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| The Family Level | |
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| In Search of Undomesticated Humans | |
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| Theorizing the Family-Level Society | |
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| The Primary Dynamics of the Family-Level Economy and Society | |
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| Family-Level Foragers | |
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| The Shoshone of the Great Basin | |
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| The !Kung of the Kalahari | |
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| Prehistoric Foraging Societies | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Families with Domestication | |
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| The Machiguenga of the Peruvian Amazon | |
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| The Nganasan of Northern Siberia | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Local Group | |
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| The Local Group | |
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| The Domestication of the Human Species | |
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| Theorizing the Local Group | |
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| The Primary Dynamics of Local Group Economy and Society | |
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| The Family and the Village | |
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| The Yanomamo of the Venezuelan Highlands | |
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| The Village and the Clan | |
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| The Eskimos of the North Slope of Alaska | |
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| The Tsembaga Maring of New Guinea | |
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| The Turkana of Kenya | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Corporate Group and the Big Man Collectivity | |
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| Indian Fishermen of the Northwest Coast | |
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| The Central Enga of Highland New Guinea | |
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| The Kirghiz of Northeastern Afghanistan | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Regional Polity | |
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| The Regional Polity | |
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| The Political Revolution: The Origins of Civilizations | |
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| Theorizing the Regional Polity | |
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| The Primary Dynamics of the Regional Polity | |
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| The Simple Chiefdom | |
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| The Trobriand Islanders | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Complex Chiefdom | |
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| The Hawaiian Islanders | |
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| The Basseri of Iran | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Archaic State | |
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| France and Japan in the Middle Ages | |
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| The Inka: An Andean Empire | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Peasant Economy in the Agrarian State | |
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| The Brazilian Sharecroppers of Boa Ventura | |
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| The Chinese Villagers of Taitou | |
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| The Javanese Villagers of Kali Loro | |
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| The Evolution of Global Society | |
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| Theorizing Contemporary Change | |
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| Social Evolution and the Free Market | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |