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UNINA9910706142603321 |
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Autore |
Remaley Tom |
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Titolo |
Princess tree / / Tom Remaley |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group, , 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (3 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Fact sheet / Plant Conservation Alliance |
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Paulownia tomentosa - United States |
Invasive plants - United States |
Noxious weeds - United States |
Plant conservation - United States |
Native plants for cultivation - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 3). |
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UNINA9910790575103321 |
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Titolo |
Aluminum ore [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of the global bauxite industry / / edited by Robin S. Gendron, Mats Ingulstad, and Espen Storli |
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Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2013 |
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0-7748-2533-2 |
0-7748-2534-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GendronRobin S |
IngulstadMats |
StorliEspen |
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Disciplina |
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Aluminum mines and mining - History |
Aluminum mines and mining - Political aspects |
Aluminum mines and mining - Social aspects |
Aluminum mines and mining - Environmental aspects |
Globalization - Economic aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Opening Pandora's Bauxite -- The Global Race for Bauxite, 1900-40 -- "Of the Highest Imperial Importance" -- Nazi Germany's Pursuit of Bauxite and Alumina -- National Security Business? -- The Soviet Union's "Bauxite Problem" -- "Greece Has Been Endowed by Nature with This Precious Material" -- The Volta River Project and Decolonization, 1945-57 -- Canada and the Nationalization of Alcan's Bauxite Operations in Guinea and Guyana -- Transnational Restructuring and the Jamaican Bauxite Industry -- Issues of Governance, Liberalization, Policy Space, and the Challenges of Development -- White Metal -- Battles over Bauxite in East India -- Success without Bauxite -- Contributors -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"...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. |
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