Magisterial ethnographic and agroeconomic study developed by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Sections are headed: 1. Labor, Ritual and the Cycle of Time 2. The Granary: A Home for the Rice Spirits 3. Rice Festivals: Community and Celebration 4. The Goddess of Rice 5. Sacred Food 6. Straw Matters 7. Rice, Self and State 8. The Future of Rice