First Edition. pp. 162 #1118 (See image for damage to dustjacket.) 12 essays include: Descent Groups and Ecology, Amongst the Nduindui, New Hebrides – Michael Allen; Rivalry, Competition and Conflict Among Christian Melanesians – Jeremy Beckett; Men and Spirits in the Kunimaipa Valley – Margaret McArthur; From Tribesmen to Peasants: The Case of the Mae Enga of New Guinea – Mervyn Meggitt; Ngadju Kinship and Social Change on the Upper Mentaya – Douglas Miles.