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

• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.2/74926
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: GendronRobin S IngulstadMats StorliEspen
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aluminum ore
• ISBN: 0-7748-2533-2; 0-7748-2534-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790575103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II