Intro -- Analytical table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Theses on kingship -- Chapter 1: The original political society -- Chapter 2: The divine kingship of the Shilluk -- Chapter 3: The atemporal dimensions of history -- Chapter 4: The stranger-kingship of the Mexica -- Chapter 5: The people as nursemaids of the king -- Chapter 6: The cultural politics of core-periphery relations -- Chapter 7: Notes on the politics of divine kingship -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Name Index -- Ethnonym Index.