List of Tables and Figures
PROLOGUE
At the Airport
An airport scene
Why study traditional societies?
States
Types of traditional societies
Approaches, causes, and sources
A small book about a big subject
Plan of the book
PART THREE
YOUNG AND OLD
From the jungle to the 405
Advantages of the modern world
Advantages of the traditional world
What can we learn?
Acknowledgments
Further Readings
References applicable to this whole book
References applicable to the Prologue: At the Airport
Sources of knowledge about traditional societies
Index
Illustration Credits
Illustrations
Copyright
