Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312).
Prologue : on reindeer and men. -- Predation and protection. -- Taming, herding and breeding. -- Modes of production (1) : hunting to pastoralism. -- Modes of production (2) : pastoralism to ranching. -- Epilogue : on band organization, leadership and ideology. -- Appendix : the names and locations of circumboreal peoples.