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1 online resource (viii, 386 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Bibliography |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Opening Pandora�s Bauxite -- 1 The Global Race for Bauxite, 1900-40 -- 2 “Of the Highest Imperial Importance� -- 3 Nazi Germany�s Pursuit of Bauxite and Alumina -- 4 National Security Business? -- 5 The Soviet Union�s “Bauxite Problem� -- 6 “Greece Has Been Endowed by Nature with This Precious Material� -- 7 The Volta River Project and Decolonization, 1945-57 -- 8 Canada and the Nationalization of Alcan�s Bauxite Operations in Guinea and Guyana |
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9 Transnational Restructuring and the Jamaican Bauxite Industry10 Issues of Governance, Liberalization, Policy Space, and the Challenges of Development -- 11 White Metal -- 12 Battles over Bauxite in East India -- 13 Success without Bauxite -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
" ... Explores the often overlooked history of bauxite in the twentieth century, and in doing so examines the social, political, and economic forces that shaped the time."--Back cover |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aluminum mines and mining -- History.
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Aluminum mines and mining. |
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History. |
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Aluminum mines and mining -- Political aspects.
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Aluminum mines and mining -- Social aspects.
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Aluminum mines and mining -- Social aspects. |
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Aluminum mines and mining -- Environmental aspects.
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Aluminum mines and mining -- Environmental aspects. |
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Gendron, Robin Stewart, 1972-
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Ingulstad, Mats, 1982-
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Storli, Espen, 1975-
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| Other Form: |
Aluminum ore. (CaOONL)20139033610 |
| ISBN |
9780774825344 (e-book) |
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0774825340 |
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9780774825344 |
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9780774825351 |
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0774825359 |
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0774825324 |
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9780774825320 |
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9780774825320 (bound) |
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