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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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Alchemy in the rain forest, politics, ecology, and resilience in a New Guinea mining area, Jerry K. Jacka

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Alchemy in the rain forest

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dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Jerry K. Jacka

Series statement

New ecologies for the twenty-first century

Sub title

politics, ecology, and resilience in a New Guinea mining area

Table Of Contents

Resource frontiers in the montane tropics -- Colonialism, mining, and missionization -- Land: Yu -- People: Wandakali -- Spirits: Yama -- Ecological perturbations and human responses -- Social dislocations: work, antiwork, and highway life -- Conclusion : development, resilience, and the end of the land

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