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Blood, sweat and earth : the struggle for control over the world's diamonds throughout history /
"A sweeping history of our enduring passion for diamonds--and the exploitative industry that fuels it. Blood, Sweat and Earth is a hard-hitting historical exposé of the diamond industry, focusing on the exploitation of workers and the environment, the monopolization of uncut diamonds, and ho...
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London :
Reaktion Books,
2021.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Asian Diamonds: The Discovery of a Luxury Commodity, 50 ce-1785
- 2. Slavery and Monopolies: Diamonds in Colonial Brazil, 1720-1821
- 3. The Rollercoaster towards Industrial Modernity, 1785-1884
- 4. Building a Worldwide Empire: The Century of De Beers, 1884-1990
- 5. The Enduring Attraction of Alluvial Mining, 1884-2018
- 6. Mining in the Western World: The Twenty-first-century Collapse of the World De Beers Created
- Epilogue: About Human Rights and Environmental Considerations
- References
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Acknowledgements
- Index.