Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Slum Setting: Moving In and Settling Down 2. Earning a Living: Making and Building Things 3. Earning a Living: Movers and Servers 4. Making a Life: At Home 5. Shadows and Storms: Endurance 6. The Sun Also Shone: Embracing Life 7. Poverty on the Farm: A Comparative Look 8. Poverty Abroad: Hawai‘i’s Sugar Fields Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index