Chapter 2: Zomo Herding: Adaptation to the Local Environment
    Zomo Herding: A Dairying Operation
    Domestic Organization of Herding Families
    Zomo and Other Livestock
    Herd Management
    Economics of Zomo Herding
        Discussion: Zomo Herding -- A Form of Mountain Pastoralism

Chapter 3: Life in the Village: Adaptation to the Local Environment
    Habitations
    Common Property
    Land Ownership
    Agriculture
    Diet
    Village Livestock
    Other Subsistence Activities
        Discussion: Middle Mountain Agriculture -- Precipitating A Crisis?

Chapter 4: External Migration
    Circular Migration in Melemchi: Who, What and Where?
    Alternatives to Migration
    Benefits and Costs of Migration
    Why Circular Migration? Why Come Back?
        Discussion: Circular Migration - One Option for Himalayan Hill People

Chapter 5: Social, Political and Religious Organization
    Melemchi: A Guthi of the Chini Lama
    The Gomba: Center of a Yolmo Temple-Village
    Clans and Marriage
    Households
        Discussion: Yolmo Temple Villages -- Themes and Variation

Chapter 6: Population of Melemchi (Demography)
    Population of Melemchi
    Fertility
    Mortality
    Altitude and Environmental Stress on Fertility
        Discussion: Demography of Small Populations

Chapter 7: Change in Melemchi, 1971-1993
    Changes in Melemchi's Economy: 1971-1993
    External Influences: 1971-1993
        Discussion: Living in a National Park

Chapter 8: The Present and Future in Melemchi
Melemchi: Environment, Culture and History
Change in Melemchi: The Future

Glossary of Yolmo Words
Films On Melemchi
References
Index