In The Monkeys of Arashiyama: Thirty-five Years of Research in Japan and the West, Linda Fedigan and Pamela Asquith reveal the diversity of research on the Arashiyama Japanese macaques, and the Japanese and Western traditions in primate studies. The essays reflect studies by primatologists with the population at Arashiyama, Kyoto, and the subgroup which fissioned from the original macaque group, transferred to Texas in 1972. It is a comprehensive examination of this major research group, highlighted by some of the new and interesting findings on primate social organization.

Table of Contents:
Contributors Editors' Preface Foreword Syunzo Kawamura Foreword John T. Emlen Introduction Linda Marie Fedigan and Pamela J. Asquith Part I. History and Context 1. History of the Arashiyama Japanese Macaques in Kyoto, Japan Michael A. Huffman 2. History of the Arashiyama West Japanese Macaques in Texas Lisa Marie Fedigan 3. Culture and Primatology: East and West Jean Kitahara-Frisch 4. Primate Reasearch Groups in Japan: Orientations and East-West Differences Pamela J. Asquith Part II. Longitudinal Studies of Dominance and Reproduction 5. Mate Selection and Partner Preferences in Female Japanese Macaques Michael A. Huffman 6. Diachronic Changes in the Dominance Relations of Adult Female Japanese Monkeys of the Arashiyama B Group Yukio Takahata 7. Life Span and Reproduction in Japanese Macaque Females Laurence Fedigan Part III. Cross-Sectional Studies of the Female Life Course 8. Variability in Aspects of the Mother-Infant Relationship in Japanese Macaques During Weaning Nancy E. Collinge 9. Behavior of Old Females: Comparisons of Japanese Monkeys in the Arashiyama East and West Groups Masayuki Nakamichi 10. Interacting Effect of Age and Rank on the Sociability of Adult Female Japanese Monkeys Mary S. McDonald Pavelka, Michael W. Gillespie, and Lou Griffin Part IV. Patterns of Affirmation 11. Grooming Relationships in the Arashiyama Group of Japanese Monkeys Naoki Koyama 12. Birth Season Contingencies and the Affiliative Behavior of Adult Male Japanese Macaques Carolyn Ehardt Part V. Experimental Research 13. Matrilineal Dominance in Japanese Macaques: The Contribution of an Experimental Approach Bernard Chapais 14. Monkeys and Mirrors: Questions of Methodology Meredith M. Platt, Robert L. Thompson, and Su L. Boatright 15. Short Guide to DNA Techniques for Genealogy Construction, with Special Attention to Japanese Macaques Caroline M. S. Lanigan Appendix I. Examples of Genealogical Records for Two Matrilines Appendix II. Bibliography of Scientific Publications on the Arashiyama Macaques