pt. 1. Anthropology as a career: From wife to anthropologist / Rosemary Firth ; Did Frank Hamilton Cushing go native? / Sylvia Gronewold ; On being an anthropologist / A. Irving Hallowell ; How A Chinese village was written / Martin M.C. Yang ; Contrasts in field world on three continesnts / Kalervo Oberg ; Past perfect / Jan van Baal ; Return to the longhouse / William N. Fenton -- pt. 2. Intricacies of field work: Field work in high cultures / Margaret Mead ; Entering the world of the Aymara / William E. Carter ; Two dollars / Nancy Oestreich Lurie ; On objectivity and fieldwork / Theron A. Nunez ; Talking to strangers / James B. Watson ; Learning a new culture / Solon T. Kimball ; A day at the office / Anthony F.C. Wallace ; Ambiguation and disambiguation in field work / Martin D. Silverman -- pt. 3. Ambiguities and resolutions: Musical stones for the god of thunder / Georges Condominas ; Tswamung : a failed big-man / Anthony Forge ; The answer to a prayer / Homer G. Barnett ; Dago'om : a man apart / Paul Bohannan ; The lonely anthropologist / Anthony Forge -- Epilogue: In search of intimacy / James B. Watson
