| Wagering the Land |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| 1 INTRODUCTION |
| PART I PREWAR BUGUIAS |
| 2 Food, Fuel, and Fiber: Human Environmental Relations in Prewar Buguias |
| 3 Social Relations: Power and Labor |
| 4 Religion: The Role of the Ancestors |
| • | Introduction |
| Gods and Spirits |
| • | The Buguias Pantheon |
| • | Spirits: Dangerous, Neutral, and Helpful |
| • | Spiritual Curing, Prevention of Harm, and Blessings |
| • | Religion and the Landscape |
| Prestige Feasts in Prewar Buguias |
| Status Display |
| The Ideology of Ritual Performance |
| 5 Commercial and Political Relations |
| Interregnum: The War |
| PART II VITALITY AND VULNERABILITY: FLUCTUATIONS IN THE POSTWAR ECONOMY, 1946–1986 |
| • | Introduction |
| 6 The Establishment of Commercial Vegetable Agriculture |
| 7 The Sociology and Economics of Vegetable Production, 1946–1972 |
| 8 Economic and Ecological Crisis |
| 9 Social Conflict and Political Struggle |
| 10 Religion in Modern Buguias |
| 11 Conclusion: Understanding Buguias's Aberrant Development |
| Notes |
| GLOSSARY |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| INDEX |