Contents 
[ist of Hustratnons 
Preface 
Introduction: The Empire of Thing: 
Pred R. Myers 
Part One: Dialectical Regimes 
Money Is No Object: Materiality, Desire, 
and Modernity in an Indonesian Society 
Webh Keane 
Alicnable Gifts and Inalienable Commodities 
Detniel Miller 
Part Two: Nationalism 
Elusive Property: The Personitication 
of Mexican National Sovereignty 
Claudio Lomnitz 
Appropriation Appreciation: Scutler 
Modernism in Australia and New Zealand 
Nicholas Thomas 
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The Wizards of Oz: Nation, State, 
wd the Production of Aboriginal Fine Art 
Fred R. Myers