This issue of the LAJ consists of five articles: Kansas cultural traits and history by Ronald W. Breth; Homo Erectus in America: Possibilities and Problems by Frederick G. Dreier; The economy of respect in a North Indian village by Elwyn C. Lapoint; Theme and variation in Chinese religion by Maurine Huang; and Ideationalism vs. Materialism: Contrasting Goals, Contrasting ends by Peter M. Heinricher.