Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Chapter 1. Nostalgia, Dreams, Progress, and Development 1
6. Chapter 2. Finding Kragur 11
7. Chapter 3. The Virgin and the Ancestors 22
8. Chapter 4. Food, Money, and the Strangeness of Capitalism 33
9. Chapter 5. Money and the Moral Puzzle of Prosperity 47
10. Chapter 6. To Papua New Guinea for the World Bank 58
11. Chapter 7. Weekend on Kairiru 68
12. Chapter 8. Free Ticket to Paradise 81
13. Chapter 9. The Key to the Village, Structure, and Strife 102
14. Chapter 10. Parish Bureaucracy and the Holy Spirit 120
15. Chapter 11. Money 136
16. Chapter 12. New Knowledge, New Problems 150
17. Chapter 13. Worlds Apart 160
18. Chapter 14. Something to Hold on To 168
19. Epilogue 177
20. Notes 183
21. Glossary of Tok Pisin and Kairiru Terms 193
22. References Cited 197
23. Index 209
24. About the Author 215