Yanomami Warfare

Generations of college students know the Yanomami as the example of natural aggression in human society. These reputedly isolated people have been portrayed as fiercely engaging in constant warfare over women, status, and revenge. Ferguson argues persuasively that the Yanomami make ware not because Western influence is absent, but because it is present.

R. Brian Ferguson is an associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers University.

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Preface
Theory	p. 3
Yanomami and the Study of War	p. 5
The Problem of Western Goods	p. 21
The Use of Force	p. 39
Background and Comparisons	p. 59
Lands, Languages, and Ancient Society	p. 61
Early Encounters	p. 77
The Sanema	p. 99
The Ninam	p. 123
The Yanomam	p. 149
The Yanomamo	p. 175
The Yanomamo through the Rubber Years: 1820 to 1920	p. 177
The Yanomamo during the Western Retraction: 1920 to 1940	p. 197
Maneuvering into War: The Yanomamo, 1940 to 1950	p. 215
The Yanomamo and the Missionaries: 1950 to 1960	p. 243
The Yanomamo and the Anthropologist: 1960 to 1966	p. 277
The Yanomamo, 1966 to 1992: Acculturation Accelerates	p. 307
Explaining Yanomami Warfare: Alternatives and Implications	p. 343
Afterword	p. 373
Notes	p. 377
References	p. 409
Index	p. 433
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