Download or read book Tradition and Contract written by Elizabeth Colson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a vivid and informative view of life in traditional groups that are ordered mainly through the informal operation of everyday social relations, based on Colson's field research with North American Indians and with peoples in what is now Zambia.