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Alchemy in the rain forest : politics, ecology, and resilience in a New Guinea mining area / Jerry K. Jacka.
Material type:
TextSeries: New ecologies for the twenty-first centuryPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.Description: xii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780822360117
- 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
- Porgera (Papua New Guinea) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Porgera (Papua New Guinea) -- Environmental conditions -- 21st century
- 995.6305 JAC 23
Contents:
Resource frontiers in the montane tropics -- Colonialism, mining, and missionization -- Land: Yu -- People: Wandakali -- Spirits: Yama -- Ecological perturbations and human responses -- Social dislocations: work, antiwork, and highway life -- Conclusion : development, resilience, and the end of the land.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | ATREE Library General Stacks | 995.6305 JAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5481 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
Resource frontiers in the montane tropics -- Colonialism, mining, and missionization -- Land: Yu -- People: Wandakali -- Spirits: Yama -- Ecological perturbations and human responses -- Social dislocations: work, antiwork, and highway life -- Conclusion : development, resilience, and the end of the land.
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