Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. ILLUSTRATIONS VII
4. PREFACE IX
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XII
6. INTRODUCTION Sources, History, Issues 1
7. 1 GIFTS AND DEBTS Fieldwork in the Wa Lands 29
8. 2 NAMING ONESELF, NAMING THE WORLD 52
9. 3 RICE BEER AND THE MAKING OF WA SOCIALITY 73
10. 4 MINING, HIERARCHY, AND THE ANTI-STATE WA 92
11. 5 SLAVERY AS A THREAT TO THE IDEOLOGY OF KINSHIP 123
12. 6 WAR, HEADHUNTING, AND THE ERASURE OF WA HISTORY 142
13. 7 BARBARIAN RUSE Playing with the Fears of the Civilized 175
14. 8 DISEASE AND DEATH IN THE PERIPHERAL SITUATION 193
15. 9 HOPE AGAINST HOPE Border Prophets and Foreign Saviors 223
16. 10 THE POWER OF THE EXOTIC Negotiating the Future 249
17. EPILOGUE Dark Clouds Gathering 267
18. REFERENCES 271
19. INDEX 309