Acknowledgements

Introduction

Riverine Citizenship: A Lived, Place-based Form of Politics 
Thinking River as an Ethnographic Subject
The Una and its People
The Book’s Flow

Chapter 1. The Una River Emeralds: Producing Ecologically Conscious Children in Socialist Yugoslavia

Introduction
Thinking about Children, Socialism, and Nature
The Una River Emeralds and “Its” Children
War, Children, and Ecology
Reverberations: Contemporary Transformations
Conclusion

Chapter 2. Traversing the Una: Riverine Ethnography and the Senses

Introduction
Thinking about Senses
Words and Images
Sound Vibrations of the Una
Perceiving Odors
The River’s Structure
The Una’s Subterranean World 
Conclusion

Chapter 3. Life in the Age of Death: War and the River

Theoretical Inspirations
Focusing on Bihać and the Una under Siege
“We Were Naked in front of Each Other”
The Return to Jotanovi
Conclusion

Chapter 4. “Ne damo Unu!” The Making of Riverine Citizens

Introduction
Thinking Eco-Populism
Diverting Water and the Rise of Riverine Activism
Abundance of Water and Excess of Suspicion
Watershed: From Riverine Activism to Eco-populism
“Ne Damo Unu!!!”: The Making of Riverine Citizens
Conclusions

Chapter 5. I Love the Una: On Love and Politics in Multispecies Relationships

Introduction
Thinking About Multispecies Love, Politics, and Justice
A City in Love with the River
Riverine Love: Heteronormativity, Romance, and Seduction
Riverine Love as a Political Force
Conclusion

Chapter 6. “This tourism will kill us all!”: Eco-tourism, a Fragmented State, and the Slow Death of the River

Introduction
Una National Park: The Land of Water Magic
“This tourism will kill us all!”
Fragmented State, Betonizacija, and Elastic Borders
Polluted Waters and Invasive Species
The Una River Emeralds’ Children
Conclusion

Conclusion. In the end…

Bibliography

Index