R. Firth is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 I. INTRODUCTION by Raymond Firth General Considerations, I I; The Problem and the Origin of the Study, 21; Method, 23 II. KINSHIP IN SOUTH BOROUGH 33 by Raymond Firth and Judith Djamour The Background (H.B.B.), 33; Households, 34; Recognition of the Kinship Principle, 36; The Kinship System, 37; Knowledge ofKin, 37; Kinship Grouping, 40; Differentiation among Kin, 42; Social Relationships between Kin, 46; Empirical Data: the InglesCase, 48; Indices of Kin Contacts, 51; Factors influencing Social Relations with Kin, 58; Summary and Conclusions, 62 III. KINSHIP ORGANISATION OF ITALIANATES IN LONDON 67 by Philip Garigue and Raymond Firth The Social Background, 67; Kin and Status, 69; Selection of Informants, 70; Households, 71; The Structure of the KinshipSystem, 73; Range of Kin Knowledge, 73; Social Relations between Kin, 83; Factors affecting Kin Relationship, 88; Summaryand Conclusions, 92 BIBLIOGRAPHY 94