Foreword / by Stephen C. Levinson
Preface
Introduction
Prologue. Massim transformations
Pt. 1. The setting. Rossel Island ; Frameworks of practice ; Dimensions of power ; Economic domains
Pt. 2. Ranked exchange. Shell money and valuables ; The cycle of social reproduction ; The pig feast ; The remaining forms of payment ; The rules and practice of ranked exchange
Epilogue. A Papuan plutocracy
Glossary.