Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS XI
4. Tables XII
5. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
6. CHAPTER II. LIFE IN THE VILLAGES 15
7. CHAPTER III. THE VILLAGE FAMILY 41
8. CHAPTER IV. SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CLASSIFICATIONS 59
9. CHAPTER V. FACTIONALISM IN THE VILLAGES 73
10. CHAPTER VI. RITUALS, SUPERSTITIONS, AND FATALISTIC BELIEFS 91
11. CHAPTER VII. VALUE ORIENTATION 105
12. CHAPTER VIII. THE VILLAGE AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD 117
13. CHAPTER IX. THE VILLAGE CULTURE UNDER STRESS 133
14. APPENDIX: Household Articles of an Average Village Family 145
15. GLOSSARY 149
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 157