1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706142603321

Autore

Remaley Tom

Titolo

Princess tree / / Tom Remaley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group, , 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 pages) : color illustrations, maps

Collana

Fact sheet / Plant Conservation Alliance

Soggetti

Paulownia tomentosa - United States

Invasive plants - United States

Noxious weeds - United States

Plant conservation - United States

Native plants for cultivation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"20 May 2005."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 3).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790575103321

Titolo

Aluminum ore [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of the global bauxite industry / / edited by Robin S. Gendron, Mats Ingulstad, and Espen Storli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2013

ISBN

0-7748-2533-2

0-7748-2534-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GendronRobin S

IngulstadMats

StorliEspen

Disciplina

338.2/74926

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

"...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.