1. Introduction: Asia and the Anthropological Imagination, Grant Evans. 2. Asian Origins: Archaeology and Anthropology, Sandra Bowdler. 3. The Linguistic Mosaic, Amara Prasithrathsint. 4. Asian Families: Domestic Group Formation, Clark W.

Sorensen. 5. Ancestors and In-Laws: Kinship Beyond the Family, Clark W. Sorensen. 6. Fishermen, Forest-eaters, Peddlers, Peasants, and Pastoralists: Economic Anthropology, John Clammer. 7. Order Under Heaven: Anthropology and the State, Paul T.

Cohen. 8. Hierarchy and Dominance: Class, Status, and Caste, Grant Evans. 9. The Ethnic Mosaic, Lian Kwen Fee and Ananda Rajah. 10. Women in Asia: Anthropology and the Study of Women, Christine Helliwell. 11.

Karma and Cosmology: Anthropology and Religion, Nicholas Tapp. 12. People in Cities: Anthropology in Urban Asia, Patrick Guinness. 13. Into the Field: Applied Anthropology and the Dilemmas of Development, Jesucita Sodusta. 14. Japan: The Anthropology of Modernity, Joy Hendry. 15.

A Global Village? Anthropology in the Future, Grant Evans. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.