Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. Part I. The Background
5. 1. Some Theoretical Issues 3
6. 2. The Village 12
7. 3. Economy and Property 20
8. Part II. The Ménage
9. 4. The Meaning of Ménage 31
10. 5. Economic Gastronomy 38
11. 6. Women in Commerce 47
12. 7. Social Gastronomy 55
13. 8. Ritual Gastronomy 65
14. Part III. Family, Friends, and Associates
15. 9. Social Relations in Bruson 77
16. 10. Family and Famille 85
17. 11. Family and Responsibility 95
18. 12. Inheritance 100
19. 13. A Case Study in Inheritance 107
20. 14. Friendship 118
21. 15. Special-Purpose Groups 128
22. Part IV. Individual and Community
23. 16. The Ideology of Uniqueness 141
24. 17. The "Little Community" 153
25. 18. The Part-Society Concept 164
26. 19. Cultural Pluralism and Political Federalism 170
27. 20. The Nested Political System 184
28. 21. Continuity and Change 194
29. Bibliography 203
30. Index 209