Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Editor's acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: the origin of the dog 1
5. One: the work of the gods in Tikopia, or, a career in anthropology 17
6. Two: youth 39
7. Three: Addy 55
8. Four: surveying the army 61
9. Five: an education in anthropology 69
10. Six: fieldwork on yap 85
11. Seven: from Harvard to England 121
12. Eight: Mescalero Apache: the romance and politics of fieldwork 135
13. Nine: from Berkeley to Chicago 171
14. Ten: studying kinship 193
15. Afterword 219
16. Notes 225
17. Writings of David m. Schneider 231
18. Index 237