List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART I. AN INTERREGIONAL SOCIETY 1. People and Languages on the Coffee Frontier 2. Language and History at an Andean-Amazonian Crossroads 3. A Community Forms PART II. SPEAKING ON THE FRONTIER 4. Speaking as a Farmer 5. Speaking as a Comunero 6. Speaking About the Land Conclusion: “The Air Was Totally Still” Notes References Index