ABSTRACT

This book provides a vivid and informative view of life in traditional groups that are ordered mainly through the informal operation of everyday social relations, based on Colson's field research with North American Indians and with peoples in what is now Zambia.

part Tradition

And Contract

chapter One|8 pages

An Explanatory Introduction

chapter Three|30 pages

A Society Of Equals: The Problem Of Consensus

chapter Four|28 pages

The Limits Of Authority: Knowing The Rules

chapter Five|26 pages

The Search For Utopia