Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Notes on Contributors xi
6. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
7. Part I. The Adventurous Worlds of Simmel and Tarzan
8. Chapter 2: Simmel and Frazer: The Adventure and the Adventurer 27
9. Chapter 3: Adventure in the Zeitgeist, Adventures in Reality: Simmel, Tarzan, and Beyond 43
10. Chapter 4: Tarzan and the Lost Races: Anthropology and Early Science Fiction 58
11. Chapter 5: Avant-garde or Savant-garde: The Eco-Tourist as Tarzan 75
12. Part II. Exhibitionary Adventures
13. Chapter 6: They Sold Adventure: Martin and Osa Johnson in the New Hebrides 93
14. Chapter 7: Jacaré: Cold War Warrior from the Jungles of the Amazon 111
15. Chapter 8: The Work of Environmentalism in an Age of Televisual Adventures 125
16. Part III. High Adventures
17. Chapter 9: Five Miles Out: Communion and Commodification among the Mountaineers 147
18. Chapter 10: Crampons and Cook Pots: The Democratization and Feminizations of Adventure on Aconcagua 161
19. Chapter 11: The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love: The Peace Corps as Adventure 179
20. Chapter 12: Doing Africa: Travelers, Adventurers, and American Conquest of Africa 197
21. Part IV. Cross-Cultural Adventures
22. Chapter 13: “Oh Shucks, Here Comes UNTAG!”: Peacekeeping as Adventure in Namibia 217
23. Chapter 14: A Head for Adventure 235
24. Part V. Bringing Adventure Home
25. Chapter 15: Riding Herd on the New World Order: Spectacular Adventuring and U.S. Imperialism 257
26. Chapter 16: Adventure and Regulation in Contemporary Anthropological Fieldwork 270
27. Bibliography 281
28. Index 305