Table of contents List of Illustrations and Tables Introduction Economic diversity in contemporary Timor-Leste (Kelly Silva, Lisa Palmer and Teresa Cunha) GLIMPSES OF THE COLONIAL ECONOMY Chapter 1 - The colonial bazaar in 'Portuguese Timor': The taming of the 'savage marketers' (Lúcio Sousa) Chapter 2 - Indexing social space. A marketplace in Timor-Leste (David Hicks) Chapter 3 - Flirting with Ford, reverting to race? Housing, urban planning and the making of an economic and social order in Portuguese Timor in trans-colonial perspective, 1959-1963 (Alex Grainger) LOCAL ECONOMIC DYNAMICS Chapter 4 - On the existence and persistence of the social category of atan in contemporary Timor-Leste (Susanna Barnes) Chapter 5 - The serimónia network: Economic mobilisation through rituals in the hamlet of Faulara, Liquiçá (Alberto Fidalgo-Castro and Enrique Alonso-Población) Chapter 6 - Household Decision-Making Processes and Family Resources: A Case Study from Viqueque (Josh Trindade and Ivete de Oliveira) Chapter 7 - Gift economy and the acknowledgement of debt: (On) Living and eating with 'mystical' actors in Timorese houses (Renata Nogueira da Silva) Chapter 8 - The work of women in Eluli and land economies in Timor-Leste (Teresa Cunha and Mina Bessa) ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS Chapter 9 - Land and diet under pressure: The impacts of Suai Supply Base in Kamanasa Kingdom (Brunna Crespi) Chapter 10 - The socio-cultural benefits of emerging market-based instruments for carbon in Timor-Leste (Lisa Palmer and Sue Jackson) Chapter 11 - China's Engagement in Timor-Leste's Economy (Laurentina 'Mica' Barreto Soares) Chapter 12 - Migrant Work and Homecoming: Experiences of Timorese seasonal workers (Ann Wigglesworth and Abel Boavida dos Santos) Chapter 13 - Refashioning Fataluku Origin Houses (Andrew McWilliam) Chapter 14 - The frente ekonomika (economic front). Timorese perspectives on seasonal work in Australia (Michael Rose) About the authors Index.