Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Notes on Text ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Government of Rural Areas 10
7. Chapter 2. A Discrete Ethnography 26
8. Chapter 3. Authorized Resources 48
9. Chapter 4. Illegalisms 70
10. Chapter 5. Interdependencies 91
11. Chapter 6. Life Horizons 111
12. Chapter 7. Solidarity 133
13. Chapter 8. Dignity 157
14. Chapter 9. Th e Fragility of the World 179
15. Chapter 10. Levels of Social Order 203
16. Conclusion 222
17. References 232
18. Index 255