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847159
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Jacka, Jerry K.,1966-
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Alchemy in the rain forest : : politics, ecology, and resilience in a New Guinea mining area /\ Jerry K. Jacka.
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| Publication Statement
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Durham :: Duke University Press,, 2015.
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, ©2015
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| Series Statement
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New ecologies for the twenty-first century
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1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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082237501X
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0822359790
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082236011X
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9780822359791
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9780822360117
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
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| Contents
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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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Annotation
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Ethnology-- Papua New Guinea-- Porgera.
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Gold mines and mining-- Environmental aspects-- Papua New Guinea-- Porgera.
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Gold mines and mining-- Social aspects-- Papua New Guinea-- Porgera.
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Ecology.
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Entwicklungspolitik
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Ethnology.
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Gewalttätigkeit
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Gold mines and mining-- Environmental aspects.
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Gold mines and mining-- Social aspects.
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Goldbergwerk
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HISTORY-- Oceania.
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Interessenkonflikt
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Ipili
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Politische Ökologie
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Ressourcenmanagement
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Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Sozioökonomischer Wandel
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Umweltschaden
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Porgera (Papua New Guinea), Environmental conditions, 21st century.
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Porgera (Papua New Guinea), Social conditions, 21st century.
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Papua New Guinea, Porgera.
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Papua-Neuguinea
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Porgera
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| Dewey Classification
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995.6/305
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DU740.9.P66J33 2015
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