Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Living under the hen -- Imbricated spaces : district, sanctuary, landscape -- Public goods, private interests, and stigmatized identities -- Patchwork : money, class, and patronage -- Knowing what to do -- Machu Picchu and the witnessing world -- Protest and memories of violence -- Sweet dreams and accommodations.

"Luciano analyzes how people in Machu Picchu, Peru, mobilized against neoliberal reforms, describing how they resisted and accommodated large capital investments and conservation efforts to protect their local tourism economy"--