Illustrations Tables Acknowledgments Maps 1. "Buying Rope Is a Young Man's Job": Transformations of Culture and Institutions 2. The Serer of Siin: "Le type meme du paysan africain" 3. "Tradition" in the Siin: Contested and Enmeshing 4. Land Pawning as a Response to the Standardization of Tenure Transitions: The Siin Reordered 5. Two Romanticizations: Tenure Confusion after the National Domain Law 6. "The King Has Come--Now Everything Is Ruined": The Promise and Frustration of Syncretic Rural Democracy 7. Culturally Sustainable Development Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Dennis C. Galvan is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Oregon.

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