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Stones of contention : a history of Africa's diamonds /
Africa supplies the majority of the world's diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyond sensationalized media accounts of so-called blood diamonds. Stones of Contention explores the major developments in the remarkable history of A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press in association with the Ohio University Center for International Studies,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Africa in world history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Africa supplies the majority of the world's diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyond sensationalized media accounts of so-called blood diamonds. Stones of Contention explores the major developments in the remarkable history of Africa's diamonds, from the earliest stirrings of international interest in the continent's mineral wealth in the first millennium A.D. to the present day. In the European colonial period, the discovery of diamonds in South Africa ushered in an era of unprecedented greed during which monopolist. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780821444825 0821444824 |