Linda M. Fedigan is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. Pamela J. Asquith is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Calgary.

"This topic is significant, both scientifically (35 years of data on a group of primates is unique), and culturally (the cooperation between scientists of very different cultures is rare in science and unique in primatology). The similarities and especially the differences between the emphases placed by scientists from the two cultures give the book an order of interest well beyond the history of a group of monkeys." — G. Gray Eaton, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center"This is a unique and watershed book. It may have supplements in the future, but it represents a major event in primatology and includes a valuable and dramatic body of information. It should rate high on citation indexes for a long time." — Claud A. Bramblett, The University of Texas

• ContributorsEditors' PrefaceForeword Syunzo KawamuraForeword John T. EmlenIntroduction Linda Marie Fedigan and Pamela J. Asquith Part I. History and Context 1. History of the Arashiyama Japanese Macaques in Kyoto, JapanMichael A. Huffman 2. History of the Arashiyama West Japanese Macaques in TexasLisa Marie Fedigan 3. Culture and Primatology: East and WestJean Kitahara-Frisch 4. Primate Reasearch Groups in Japan: Orientations and East-West DifferencesPamela J. Asquith Part II. Longitudinal Studies of Dominance and Reproduction 5. Mate Selection and Partner Preferences in Female Japanese MacaquesMichael A. Huffman 6. Diachronic Changes in the Dominance Relations of Adult Female Japanese Monkeys of the Arashiyama B GroupYukio Takahata 7. Life Span and Reproduction in Japanese Macaque FemalesLaurence Fedigan Part III. Cross-Sectional Studies of the Female Life Course 8. Variability in Aspects of the Mother-Infant Relationship in Japanese Macaques During WeaningNancy E. Collinge 9. Behavior of Old Females: Comparisons of Japanese Monkeys in the Arashiyama East and West GroupsMasayuki Nakamichi 10. Interacting Effect of Age and Rank on the Sociability of Adult Female Japanese MonkeysMary S. McDonald Pavelka, Michael W. Gillespie, and Lou Griffin Part IV. Patterns of Affirmation 11. Grooming Relationships in the Arashiyama Group of Japanese MonkeysNaoki Koyama 12. Birth Season Contingencies and the Affiliative Behavior of Adult Male Japanese MacaquesCarolyn Ehardt Part V. Experimental Research 13. Matrilineal Dominance in Japanese Macaques: The Contribution of an Experimental ApproachBernard Chapais 14. Monkeys and Mirrors: Questions of MethodologyMeredith M. Platt, Robert L. Thompson, and Su L. Boatright 15. Short Guide to DNA Techniques for Genealogy Construction, with Special Attention to Japanese MacaquesCaroline M. S. Lanigan Appendix I. Examples of Genealogical Records for Two MatrilinesAppendix II. Bibliography of Scientific Publications on the Arashiyama Macaques