Alchemy in the Rain Forest : Politics, Ecology, and Resilience in a New Guinea Mining Area /

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Main Author: Jacka, Jerry K., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Gewalttätigkeit
Umweltschaden
Interessenkonflikt
Goldbergwerk
Entwicklungspolitik
Ressourcenmanagement
Politische Ökologie
Ipili
Social conditions.
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects.
Gold mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
Ethnology.
Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
HISTORY > Oceania.
Gold mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Porgera
Papua-Neuguinea
Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Environmental conditions > 21st century.
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Resource frontiers in the montane tropics
  • 2. Colonialism, mining, and missionization
  • 3. Land: Yu
  • 4. People: Wandakali
  • 5. Spirits: Yama
  • 6. Ecological perturbations and human responses
  • 7. Social dislocations: work, antiwork, and highway life
  • Conclusion : development, resilience, and the end of the land.

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