Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey 1
Interlude: Bygone Buffalo and Lingering Value--A Prehistory of Plenty 15
1 Bible, Bees, and Boxes: Technologies of Movement and Obstruction 23
2 Getting their Goat 47
3 The Rise and Fall of Hebrew Shepherding 77
4 Holy Cow! Milk Yield and the Burdens of the "New Jewess" 99
5 Urine and Gold: Infertility Research and the Limits of Plenty 125
Conclusion: The Synesthetic Experience 147
Notes 157
Bibliography 225
Index 257
