"An excellent example of British social anthropology. Useful as a teaching tool for social organization."--Michele Gamburd, Portland State University
"We used this as an ethnographic example of structural-functionalism for our introductory theory course. Very useful."--Margaret S. Johnson, University of Colorado
"The best ecology and anthropology ever written." -- Whole Earth Review
"Amazed that it went out of print briefly. I plan to use it again."--P. Shipton, Harvard University