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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contemporary Canadian mining : colonial continuities -- Theorizing Canada's twenty-first-century colonialist mining project -- "I hear the rustling of gold under my feet" : mining, race, and the making of Canada -- "Something from nothing" : generating wealth in the racialized mining economy -- Racial rule : resource appropriation and the rule of law -- Who do we say we are? Narratives of Canadian mining professionals in African states -- "I wouldn't glorify them as prospectors" : colonial contact zones and the eradication of African 'artisanal' miners -- Refusing the "white man's burden" : investing in colour-blind mining in post-apartheid South Africa. |
| Summary |
Challenging Canada's image as a humane, enlightened global actor, Colonial Extractions examines the troubling racial logic that underpins Canadian mining operations in several African countries. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Mineral industries -- Social aspects. |
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Africa. |
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Mineral industries. |
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Mineral industries -- Economic aspects -- Africa.
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Mineral industries -- Economic aspects. |
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Mining corporations -- Africa.
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Mining corporations. |
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Mining corporations -- Canada.
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Canada. |
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Miners -- Africa -- Social conditions.
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Miners. |
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Social conditions. |
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Africa -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Butler, Paula, 1960-, author. Colonial extractions 9781442649323 (OCoLC)898163001 |
| ISBN |
9781442619951 electronic book |
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1442619953 electronic book |
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9781442649323 |
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1442649321 |
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