Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Map of the Early Colonial Boundaries of New Guinea xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. “Such a Site for Play, This Edge”: Tourism and Modernist Fantasy 37
7. 2. “We Are Here to Build Your Capacity”: Development as a Vehicle for Accumulation and Dispossession 63
8. 3. Discovering the Already Known: Tree Kangaroos, Explorer Imaginings, and Indigenous Articulations 87
9. 4. Indigenous Theories of Accumulation, Dispossession, Possession, and Sovereignty 111
10. Afterword. Birdsongs: In Memory of Neil Smith (1954–2012) 141
11. Notes 153
12. Bibliography 165
13. Index 189