The Lihir destiny : cultural responses to mining in Melanesia /

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"The people of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea have long held visions of a prosperous new future, often referred to by local leaders as the 'Lihir Destiny'. When large-scale gold mining activities commenced on the main island of Lihir in 1995, many hoped that this new world had...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bainton, Nick (Autor)
Otros Autores: Macintyre, Martha, 1945- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra, A.C.T., Australia : ANU E Press, [2010]
Colección:Asia-Pacific environment monograph ; 5.
Temas:
Lihir (Papua New Guinean people) > Social life and customs.
Mineral industries > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > Lihir Islands.
Mines > Industrie > Aspect social > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Lihir, Îles.
Anthropology.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Developing & Emerging Countries.
Manners and customs
Mineral industries > Social aspects
Lihir Islands (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Lihir, Îles (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Papua New Guinea > Lihir Islands
Lihirians
Social life
Customs
Mineral industries
Social aspects
Papua new guinea
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: New Lives for Old
  • The Presence of the Mine
  • Las Kantri: Lihir Before the Mining Era
  • Lihir Custom as an Ethnographic Subject
  • When Cargo Arrives
  • Personal Viability and the Lihir Destiny Plan
  • Custom Reconfigured
  • Conclusion: Society Reformed.

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