Alchemy in the rain forest : politics, ecology, and resilience in a New Guinea mining area /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jacka, Jerry K., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Gold mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
HISTORY > Oceania.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ecology.
Ethnology.
Gold mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Ipili
Politische Ökologie
Ressourcenmanagement
Entwicklungspolitik
Goldbergwerk
Interessenkonflikt
Umweltschaden
Gewalttätigkeit
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Porgera (Papua New Guinea) > Environmental conditions > 21st century.
Papua New Guinea > Porgera.
Papua-Neuguinea
Porgera
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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