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Smillie Ian |
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Blood on the Stone : Greed, Corruption and War in the Global Diamond Trade / / Ian Smillie |
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London, : Anthem Press, 2010 |
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0-85728-667-6 |
0-85728-987-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Diamond industry and trade - Africa |
Conflict diamonds - Africa |
Political corruption - Africa |
Business & Economics |
Industries |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Half Title Page; Advance Praise; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Quotation; Table of Contents; Glossary; Preface; Prologue; Chapter 1. Of Judgement and Cunning Work: Dirty Diamonds; Chapter 2. The River of Big Returns: Geology and History; Chapter 3. De Beers: The Delicate Equipose; Chapter 4. Strange Plumbing: The Diamond Pipeline; Chapter 5. Angola: Another Distracting Sideshow; Chapter 6. Liberia and the Love of Liberty; Chapter 7. Sierra Leone: Diamonds in the RUF; Chapter 8. President Mobutu's Ghost; Chapter 9. Enter al Qaeda; Chapter 10. Boiling Frogs: Companies in Hot Water |
Chapter 11. Ice Storm: The NGO CampaignChapter 12. Kimberley: A Hope in Hell; Chapter 13. Endgames; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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