Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 6 : : Social Anthropology / / Robert Wauchope; ed. by Manning Nash.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Wauchope, Robert,
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Richard N.,; Beals, Ralph L.,; Cancian, Frank,; Colby, Benjamin N.,; De La Fuente, Julio,; Edmonson, Munro S.,; Ewald, Robert H.,; Flores, Anselmo Marino,; Foster, George M.,; Gayton, A. H.,; Hunt, M. Eva,; Jenkins, Katharine D.,; King, Arden R.,; Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch,; Madsen, William,; Mendelson, E. Michael,; Nash, June,; Nash, Manning,; Palerm, Angel,; Ravicz, Robert,; Reina, Ruben E.,; Romney, A. Kimball,; Rubel, Arthur J.,; Sanders, William T.,; Wolf, Eric R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Nash, Manning,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (612 p.)

Social Anthropology is the sixth volume in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909–1979). The volume editor is Manning Nash (1924–2001), Professor of Anthr...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• GENERAL EDITOR'S NOTE
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Indian Population and its Identification
• 3. Agricultural Systems and Food Patterns
• 4. Settlement Patterns
• 5. Indian Economies
• 6. Contemporary Pottery and Basketry
• 7. Lacquer
• 8. Textiles and Costume
• 9. Drama, Dance, and Music
• 10. Play: Games, Gossip, and Humor
• 11. Kinship and Family
• 12. Compadrinazgo
• 13. Local and Territorial Units
• 14. Political and Religious Organizations
• 15. Levels of Communal Relations
• 16. Annual Cycle and Fiesta Cycle
• 17. Sickness and Social Relations
• 18. Narrative Folklore
• 19. Religious Syncretism
• 20. Ritual and Mythology
• 21. Psychological Orientations
• 22. Ethnic Relationships
• 23. Acculturation
• 24. Nationalization
• 25. Directed Change
• 26. Urbanization and Industrialization
• REFERENCES
• INDEX