Introduction
Orthography

I. The Jívaro: Background
II. Shelter, Subsistence, and Technology
III. Social Relations
IV. The Hidden World
V. Law, Feuding, and War
VI. Cultural Change

Epilogue
Bibliography
Notes
Index

"Harner, who bases his account upon extensive anthropological field work among the Jívaro, has written one of those rare books which appeal to both scholars and laymen. His book provides a solid overview of these freedom-loving people in a concise, readable form. Highly recommended...."—Library Journal

"This thoroughly interesting book is based on fourteen months of field work among the Jívaro Indians of Eastern Ecuador. . . . Although the Jívaro have long been regarded as unique and even bizarre, being the most warlike people in the Americas, the author has succeeded in communicating an understanding of them as human beings with basic needs and responses like our own."—Natural History

"This ethnography is one of the classics in the field of South America. The Jívaro (Shuar) represent one of the most important and political well-organized groups of South American Indians, and Harner's work, reissued here, will become the major introduction in English to these people for future students."—Brent Berlin, UC Berkeley