Table of contents : Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: “No Country More Capable”: The Provisioning Trade in Tahiti Chapter 2: Conceptual Landscapes Chapter 3: Getting Captain Cook’s Goat: And Other Tales of Ecological Introduction Chapter 4: Chiefly Cattle Chapter 5: Breadfruit Connections Chapter 6: Pigs, Muskets, and A New Order Conclusion Appendix A: Timeline of Tahiti: Events, Ships, and Chiefs Appendix B: A Survey of Species Introduced to the Society Islands 1767–1820s Notes Glossary Bibliography Index