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Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Death and a (Land?) Motive 1 1. Identity, Labor, and the Banana Economy 19 2. Development and Territorialization on the North Coast 35 3. Mestizo Irregularities, Garifuna Displacement, and the Emergence of a “Mixed” Garifuna Community 54 4. Gendered Rights and Responsibilities: Privatization and Women’s Land Loss in Sambo Creek 73 5. Representing the Garifuna: Development, Territory, Indigeneity, and Gendered Activism 90 6. Roots, Rights, and Belonging in Sambo Creek 115 7. “Businessmen Disguised as Environmentalists”: Neoliberal Conservation in Garifuna Territory 129 8. Research Voluntourism as Rights-Based Conservation: Could It Work? 153 9. Neoliberalism’s Limit Points in Post-Coup Honduras 168 Conclusion: Counterpunches to “Honduras Is Open for Business” 189 Notes 201 Bibliography 207 Index 227 ...

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