Preface Introduction Part I: Field Work Chapter 1: The Early Paradigm on a Pacific Island: Excerpt from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski Chapter 2: How It Works in the Global World: "Anthropologist-the Myth Teller" by Miles Richardson Part II: Cultural Codes Chapter 3: Where Pacific Islanders Live: "Residency Rules" by Ward H. Goodenough Chapter 4: Nahua Religion in Mexico: "Anthropology Gets Religion: Cultural Ecology, Pantheism, and Paper Dolls among the Nahua People of Mexico" by Alan R. Sandstrom Part III: Explaining Cultures Chapter 5: Sacred Cows in India: "The Myth of the Sacred Cow" by Marvin Harris Chapter 6: New Guinea Rituals: "Ritual Regulation of Environmental Relations among a New Guinea People" by Roy A. Rappaport Part IV: The Importance of History Chapter 7: The Origin of Islam: "The Social Organization of Mecca and the Origins of Islam" by Eric R. Wolf Chapter 8: Community in Mexico and Indonesia: "Closed Corporate Peasant Communities in Mesoamerica and Central Java" by Eric R. Wolf Chapter 9: Household to Firm in Iceland: "Peasants, Entrepreneurs and Companies: The Evolution of Icelandic Fishing" by E. Paul Durrenberger and Gisli Palsson Chapter 10: The Development of Underdevelopment: "The Development of Underdevelopment" by Andre Gunder-Frank Part V: Power and Culture Chapter 11: Why Khat Is Illegal in Madagascar: "Leaf of Paradise or Aid to Terrorism? Cultural Construction of a Drug Called Khat" by Lisa L. Gezon Chapter 12: Merging U.S. and Mexican Culture: "Bordering Culture: The U.S.-Mexico Case" by Josiah Heyman and Howard Campbell Chapter 13: Shaping American Culture: "Wealth Unbound: Corporate Capitalism and the Transformation of U.S. Culture" by Dimitra Doukas Part VI: Global Processes and Local Systems Chapter 14: Gender and Households in Turkey: "Households and Gender Relations in Economic Development: A Central Anatolian Village" by Emine Onaran Incirlioglu Chapter 15: Informal Economy in California: "Economists' Blind Spot: Field Stories of the Informal Economy among Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley" by Christian Zlolniski Chapter 16: Water and Health in Bangladesh: "Water: The Other Name of Life-South Asian Perspectives" by Azizur R. Molla Chapter 17: Industrial Swine Production in Iowa: "This Little Piggy Went to Market, This Little Piggy Stayed Home; This Little Piggy Got Roast Beef, This Little Piggy Got None: The Social, Cultural, and Economic Effects of Changing Systems of Swine Production in Iowa" by Barbara J. Dilly Chapter 18: Cooperatives in Japan: "Japan's Worker Co-operative Movement into the Twenty-First Century" by Bob Marshall Part VII: Where Do Individuals Fit? Chapter 19: Responses to Tourism in Indonesia: "Ethnic Tourism and the Renegotiation of Tradition in Tana Toraja" by Kathleen M. Adams Chapter 20: Individuals in Systems: "The Sims Meet Anthropology: The Use of Computer Simulation to Harness Social Complexity" by Lawrence A. Kuznar

E. Paul Durrenberger was Professor of Anthropology for twenty-five years at the University of Iowa before moving to Penn State. He has published many influential articles and books. Suzan Erem is a freelance writer for unions and author of Labor Pains: Inside America's New Union Movement (Monthly Review Press 2001). They are coauthors of Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union (Paradigm 2005).