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BL
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1016545
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b770915
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| Main Entry
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Moody, Roger.
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| Title & Author
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Rocks and hard places : : the globalization of mining /\ Roger Moody.
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| Publication Statement
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Black Point, N.S. :: Fernwood Pub. ;Bangalore, India :: Books for Change ;Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia :: SIRD ;Cape Town, South Africa :: David Philip ;London ;New York :: Zed Books ;New York :: Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Global issues in a changing world
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 213 pages).
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| ISBN
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1848131682
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: 9781848131682
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1552662330
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1842771744
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1842771752
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9781552662335
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9781842771747
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9781842771754
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Through the mine field -- How the World Bank backs bad miners -- Cursed by resources -- Blood, toil and tears -- The destruction of construction -- Sacrifice areas -- Winning hearts and mines -- No means no!
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| Abstract
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The world of international mining is changing rapidly. Mining corporations are encroaching on more and more greenfield sites in Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Latin America, to serve ever-expanding global industries. Moody shows that large-scale mining imposes a heavy toll on local communities, on their fragile economies and ways of life, as well as the environment. He challenges the mining corporations' recent public relations offensive extolling the virtues of large-scale mining and its alleged compatibility with sustainable development, and reveals the unprecedented wave of community and trad.
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Environmental degradation-- Political aspects.
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Environmental management.
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Mines and mineral resources-- Environmental aspects.
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Mining corporations-- Environmental aspects.
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Mining corporations-- Social aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Environnement-- Dégradation-- Aspect politique.
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Mines-- Aspect de l'environnement.
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Mines-- Aspect économique.
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Mines-- Aspect politique.
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Mines-- Aspect social.
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Sociétés minières-- Aspect de l'environnement.
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Sociétés minières-- Aspect social.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- General.
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Environmental degradation-- Political aspects.
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Environmental management.
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Mines and mineral resources-- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.8/8722
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| LC Classification
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HD9506.A2M57 2007
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TD195 .M5 M65 2007
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| Cover Title
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Rocks & hard places
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