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UNINA9910821914003321 |
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Butler Paula <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Colonial extractions : race and Canadian mining in contemporary Africa / / Paula Butler |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1-4426-1996-1 |
1-4426-1995-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (397 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mineral industries - Social aspects - Africa |
Mineral industries - Africa |
Electronic books. |
Africa Race relations |
Africa |
Canada |
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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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Contemporary Canadian mining : colonial continuities -- Theorizing Canada's twenty-first-century colonialist mining project -- "I hear the rustling of gold under my feet" : mining, race, and the making of Canada -- "Something from nothing" : generating wealth in the racialized mining economy -- Racial rule : resource appropriation and the rule of law -- Who do we say we are? Narratives of Canadian mining professionals in African states -- "I wouldn't glorify them as prospectors" : colonial contact zones and the eradication of African 'artisanal' miners -- Refusing the "white man's burden" : investing in colour-blind mining in post-apartheid South Africa. |
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Challenging Canada's image as a humane, enlightened global actor, Colonial Extractions examines the troubling racial logic that underpins Canadian mining operations in several African countries. |
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