Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: First principles
Chapter 2: Kinship, descent and marriage
Chapter 3: Kinship and the domestic domain
Chapter 4: Descent and the public domain I: lineage theory
Chapter 5: Descent and the public domain II: matrilineal and cognatic descent
Chapter 6: Marriage and alliance
Chapter 7: Universality of kinship and the current practice of kinship studies
Notes
Index