7 The Promised Land

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Making of the Bush
7. 1 Landmarks of Memory 15
8. 2 Heaven and Hell 40
9. 3 Places of Violence 53
10. 4 Searching for Our Fathers 70
11. 5 A Kind of Sanctuary 78
12. 6 ‘‘In the Bush, You Can Do Anything’’ 88
13. II Bones in the Cane Fields
14. 7 The Promised Land 103
15. 8 ‘‘It Seemed Like We Lived There’’ 109
16. 9 The Breath of the Devils 123
17. 10 ‘‘We Returned Rich’’ 139
18. 11 ‘‘Dancing, Dancing, Dancing’’ 149
19. 12 ‘‘We Didn’t Go on Strike’’ 158
20. III Foraging Until the End of the World
21. 13 ‘‘We’re Not Going to Die’’ 169
22. 14 The Production of Local Knowledge 183
23. 15 ‘‘With the Fish,We’re Rich’’ 198
24. 16 Journeys to Strange Lands 209
25. 17 Locations of Contention and Hegemony 223
26. 18 The Other Side 239
27. Conclusions 253
28. Glossary 261
29. Notes 265
30. References 281
31. Index 297