Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introductions: The Compulsion of Relations 1
5. PART I
6. 1. Experimentations, English and Otherwise 25
7. 2. Registers of Comparison 45
8. Coda to Part I: Comparing Persons Again 69
9. PART II
10. 3. Expansion and Contraction 73
11. 4. The Dissimilar and the Different 97
12. Coda to Part II: Preparation 117
13. PART III
14. 5. Enlightenment Dramas 121
15. 6. Kinship Unbound 143
16. Coda to Part III: Visibility 165
17. Conclusions: The Reinvention of Relation at Moments of Knowledge-Making 167
18. Notes 191
19. References 229
20. Index of Names and Places 251
21. Index of Subjects 259