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Author Cleveland, Todd, author.

Title Stones of contention : a history of Africa's diamonds / Todd Cleveland.

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press in association with the Ohio University Center for International Studies, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Africa in world history
Africa in world history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents An introduction to Africa's diamonds -- Africa's mineral wealth : material and mythical -- From illusion to reality : the Kimberley discoveries, the diamond "rush," and the "Wild West" in Africa -- Consolidation and control : the birth and growth of the cartel -- Creating "New Kimberleys" elsewhere in Africa -- The experiences of African works on Colonial-era mines -- A resource curse : "blood diamonds," state oppression, and violence -- Africa's diamonds : a rough past with a brighter future.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Diamond mines and mining -- Africa -- History.
Diamond mines and mining.
Africa.
History.
Diamond industry and trade -- Africa -- History.
Diamond industry and trade.
Diamond industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Africa.
Social aspects.
Diamond mines and mining -- Economic aspects -- Africa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cleveland, Todd. Stones of contention. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press in association with the Ohio University Center for International Studies, [2014] 9780821421000 (DLC) 2014007945 (OCoLC)861676525
ISBN 9780821444825 (electronic book)
0821444824 (electronic book)
9780821421000 (pb) (alkaline paper)
082142100X (pb) (alkaline paper)