Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xii
5. Abbreviations and Glossary xxxvii
6. Introduction. On Poaching an Elephant: Calling the Shots and Following the Ricochets 1
7. Chapter 1 History and Circumstance: On Becoming and Being Bisa 37
8. Chapter 2 Creating and Sustaining a Good Life within a Difficult Environment 81
9. Chapter 3 Never an Isolated Place Suspended in A-Historic Space 121
10. Section II On the Quest for Local Sustainability
11. Chapter 4 A Cultural Grid: Making Sense of the Natural World 163
12. Chapter 5 Caused to Hunt: Life Histories of Three Generations (1903–2003 200
13. Chapter 6 Coping with Process and Uncertainty: Gameful Pursuits in the Bush 244
14. Chapter 7 Changes in Scope and Scale: Lineage Provisioning through Hunting 283
15. Chapter 8 Muzzle-loaders and Snares: Weapons within Their Cultural Contexts 323
16. Chapter 9 Buffalo Mystique: Protein, Privilege, Power, and Politics 352
17. Chapter 10 On Coping within a Cornucopia of Change 403
18. Afterword: Readings “Out Loud” about Land and Wildlife as Properties 442
19. References 461
20. Index 479