Between the plough and the pick : informal, artisanal and small-scale mining in the contemporary world / / edited by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Acton, ACT, Australia : , : ANU Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 pages) |
Disciplina | 338.2091724 |
Soggetto topico |
Mineral industries - Developing countries
Mines and mineral resources - Developing countries |
ISBN | 1-76046-172-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Reframing the debate on informal mining / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt -- Section One: Historical antecedents and value making. Artisanal gold rush mining and frontier democracy: Juxtaposing experiences in America, Australia, Africa and Asia / Deborah Fahy Bryceson -- Tanzanite: Commodity fiction or commodity nightmare? / Katherine C. Donahue -- Agrarian distress and gemstone mining in India: The political economy of survival / Arnab Roy Chowdhury and Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt -- The social ecology of artisanal mining: Between romanticisation and anathema / Saleem H. Ali -- Section Two: Precarious and gendered labour. Theorising transit labour in informal mineral extraction processes / Ranabir Samaddar -- A good business or a risky business: Health, safety and quality of life for women small scale miners in PNG / Danielle Lynas -- Rice, sapphires and cattle: Work lives of women artisanal and small scale miners in Madagascar / Lynda Lawson -- Is it possible to integrate health and safety risk management into mechanised gold processing? A methodology for artisanal and small scale mining communities in the Philippines / Gernelyn Logrosa, Maureen Hassall, David Cliff and Carmel Bofinger -- Resources and resourcefulness: Gender, human rights and resilience in artisanal mining towns of eastern Congo / Rachel Perks, Jocelyn Kelly, Stacie Constantian and Phuong Pham -- Section Three: Conflicts and governance. Historical trajectory of gold mining in the Nilgiri Wayanad region of India / Amalendu Jyotishi, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Sashi Sivramkrishna -- Conflicts in marginal locations: Small scale gold-mining in the Amazon / Marjo de Theije and Ton Salman -- Small-scale gold-mining: Opportunities and risks in post-conflict Colombia / Alexandra Urán -- Muddy rivers and toxic flows: Risks and impacts of artisanal gold mining in the riverine catchments of Bombana, Southeast Sulawesi (Indonesia) / Sara Beavis and Andrew McWilliam -- Artisanal and small-scale mining governance: The emerging issue of unregulated mining in Lao PDR / Daniele Moretti and Nicholas Garrett -- Reassembling informal gold-mining for development and sustainability? Opportunities and limits to formalisation in India, Indonesia and Laos / Keith Barney. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910265253603321 |
Acton, ACT, Australia : , : ANU Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bougainville before the conflict / / edited by Anthony J. Regan and Helga M. Griffin |
Autore | J Regan Anthony |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 594 pages) : illustrations, maps ; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 995.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Australasian & Pacific history
Social & cultural history Politics & government |
Soggetto non controllato |
government
pacific history cultural heritage social heritage colonialism bougainville Buka Island Kieta Papua New Guinea |
ISBN | 1-921934-24-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of illustrations, maps and figures --Acknowledgements --A note for readers --Introduction --The place and the people --The colonial period to World War II --Economic and social change post-World War II --Perspectives on particular Bougainville societies --Towards understanding the origin of the conflict --Historical chronology --Acronyms and abbreviations --Glossary of non-English words and phrases --Bibliography --The authors --Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136783003321 |
J Regan Anthony | ||
ANU Press, 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Bounty from the beach : cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary essays / / edited by Sylvie Largeaud-Ortega |
Autore | Largeaud-Ortega Sylvie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
Disciplina | 623.8225 |
Collana | Pacific Series |
Soggetto topico |
Bounty Mutiny, 1789
Colonization - Social aspects - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Pacific history
Colonisation |
ISBN | 1-76046-245-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Sylvie Largeaud-Ortega -- 1. Contextualising the Bounty in Pacific Maritime Culture / Jean-Claude Teriierooiterai -- 2. Pitcairn before the Mutineers: Revisiting the Isolation of a Polynesian Island / Guillaume Molle and Aymeric Hermann -- 3. Reading the Bodies of the Bounty Mutineers / Rachael Utting -- 4. Nordhoff and Halls Mutiny on the Bounty: A Piece of Colonial Historical Fiction / Sylvie Largeaud-Ortega -- 5. A Ship is Burning: Jack Londons The Seed of McCoy (Tales of the Pacific, 1911), or Sailing Away from Pitcairn / Jean-Pierre Naugrette -- 6. Brando on the Bounty / Roslyn Jolly and Simon Petch -- 7. Bounty Relics: Trading in the Legacy of Myth and Mutiny / Adrian Young. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910295760003321 |
Largeaud-Ortega Sylvie | ||
ANU Press, 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The boy from Boort : remembering Hank Nelson / / Bill Gammage, Brij V. Lal, Gavan Daws |
Autore | Gammage Bill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Acton, A.C.T. : , : ANU Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 343 pages) |
Disciplina | 378.12 |
Soggetto topico | College teachers |
ISBN |
1925021653
1925021645 9781925021646 9781925021653 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Farm Boys -- The Boy from Boort -- Talk and Chalk -- Boort and Beyond -- I Don’t Think I Deserve a Pension – We Didn’t Do Much Fighting’: Interviewing Australian Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1942–1945 -- Doktorvater -- Hank, My Mentor -- Papua New Guinea Wantok -- Coach Nelson -- Hank of Coombs -- Hank, My Dad -- Pedalling History -- A Picture: From the Past and without a Past -- A Village School -- Pictures at Tabara -- Minimay: One of 6,000 Weatherboard Schools -- From Wagga to Waddington: Australians in Bomber Command -- Observing the Present: Writing the Past -- The Joke in History -- Have You Got a Title? Seminar Daze -- Em Inap Nau -- Bibliography. |
Altri titoli varianti | Boy from Boort |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476991603321 |
Gammage Bill | ||
Acton, A.C.T. : , : ANU Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A Bridge Between : Spanish Benedictine Missionary Women in Australia / / Katharine Massam |
Autore | Massam Katharine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 pages) |
Disciplina | 266 |
Soggetto topico | Missions - Theory |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Bridge Between |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910477041503321 |
Massam Katharine | ||
Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bridging Australia and Japan . Volume 2 The writings of David Sissons, historian and political scientist / / David Sissons ; edited by Keiko Tamura, J. A. A. Stockwin |
Autore | Sissons David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Acton, ACT : , : ANU Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 279 pages) |
Disciplina | 940.5352 |
Soggetto topico | World War, 1939-1945 - Japan |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. David Sissons and the history of Australia's war crimes trials: A spectral interaction in the archives -- 2. Japanese intentions toward Australia (1939-42) -- 3. The Cowra breakout -- 4. The Australian war crimes trials and investigations (1942-51) -- 5. Observation and correspondence -- Duntroon lecture, July 1978 -- 'The trials: Were they justice or vengeance?' -- Some observations on Australian war crimes trials involving cannibalism/mutilation of the dead -- The fate of the Japanese garrisons at Nauru and Ocean Island -- Sissons' correspondence Major Herbert Francis Dick -- 6. David Sissons, political scientist and writer on postwar Japanese politics: An introduction -- Human rights under the Japanese Constitution -- Dissolution of the Japanese Lower House -- 7. Legacy of David Sissons -- DCS Sissons select bibliography. |
Altri titoli varianti | Bridging Australia and Japan Volume 2 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910477065503321 |
Sissons David | ||
Acton, ACT : , : ANU Press, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Britain's Second Embassy to China : Lord Amherst's 'Special Mission' to the Jiaqing Emperor In 1816 |
Autore | Stevenson Caroline |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
British & Irish history
Asian history Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 |
Soggetto non controllato |
China
Britain British Empire William Pitt Amherst Canton Kowtow tributary system |
ISBN | 1-76046-409-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Terminology and Romanisation and Monetary Values -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Political Setting of the Amherst Embassy -- 3. Origins of the Amherst Embassy: Canton and Sir George Thomas Staunton -- 4. The View from London: John Barrow and Lord William Pitt Amherst -- 5. Amherst's Preparations for the Embassy -- 6. The Voyage from Portsmouth to 'Hong Kong' -- 7. Up the Coast of China and Arrival at Tianjin -- 8. The Imperial Banquet of 13 August 1816 and Progress to Tongzhou -- 9. To Yuanmingyuan, Reception and Dismissal -- 10. Overland to Canton: The British Cultural Encounter with China -- 11. Aftermath: Britain's Reaction to the Failure of the Amherst Embassy -- 12. Retrospect: Reflections on the Amherst Embassy -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: List of Persons and Their Salaries -- Appendix B: Presents and Cost of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix C: The Total Cost of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix D: Ball's Secret Report (Commissioner of Teas at Canton) -- Appendix E: List of Chinese Officials Responsible for the Conduct of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix F: Imperial Edict: 'Ceremonies to Be Observed at the Audience of Leave' -- Appendix G: Substance of an Edict Seen on the Walls of a Building in the 8th Moon of the 21st Year of Kia King -- Appendix H: Itinerary of the Amherst Embassy -- Appendix I: Morrison's Letters to Amherst (1821) -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Britain's Second Embassy to China |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910440650303321 |
Stevenson Caroline | ||
Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brokers and boundaries : colonial exploration in Indigenous territory / / edited by Tiffany Shellam, Maria Nugent, Shino Konishi and Allison Cadzow |
Autore | Shellam Tiffany |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 pages) : colour illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 613.69 |
Collana | Aboriginal history monograph |
Soggetto topico |
First contact (Anthropology) - Australia
Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions Discoveries in geography - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
australia
colonial history indigenous people exploration Bennelong Ethnic groups in Europe New Guinea Trobriand Islands |
ISBN | 1-76046-012-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Brokering in colonial exploration: Biographies, geographies and histories -- 2. Bennelong and Gogy: Strategic brokers in colonial New South Wales -- 3. 'Race', intimacy and go-betweens in French-West Papuan encounters -- 4. Aboriginal guides in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales -- 5. Guided by her: Aboriginal women's participation in Australian expeditions -- 6. Bobby Roberts: Intermediary and outlaw of Western Australia's south coast -- 7. Mediating the imaginary and the space of encounter in the Papuan Gulf -- 8. Local agency and William MacGregor's exploration of the Trobriand Islands -- 9. Explorers and co. in interior New Guine, 1872-1928 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137044603321 |
Shellam Tiffany | ||
ANU Press, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Bugis chronicle of bone / / translated and edited by Campbell Macknight, Mukhlis Paeni and Muhlis Hadrawi |
Autore | Macknight Campbell |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 144 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 623.89089992 |
Soggetto topico | Bugis (Malay people) |
Soggetto non controllato |
South Sulawesi
Indonesia Bugis Chronicle of Bone kingdom of Bone Bugis English translation |
ISBN | 1-76046-358-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The Chronicle of Bone in Bugis historiography -- 2. The definition of the work -- 3. The manuscript -- 4. The choice of this version of the work -- 5. Principles of transcription -- 6. Principles of translation -- 7. The nature of the work -- 8. The date of the work and the problem of the end -- 9. Early Western-language comment on the events of the chronicle -- 10. Previous editions and published translations of the chronicle -- 11. Commentary on the chronicle -- Appendix 1: Other manuscript versions of the chronicle -- Appendix 2: Absolute reign dates -- Appendix 3: Placenames in the chronicle -- The Bugis Chronicle of Bone: English text -- The Bugis Chronicle of Bone: Bugis text. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910387756903321 |
Macknight Campbell | ||
ANU Press, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Building a sustainable and desirable economy-in-society-in-nature / / Robert Costanza, Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University [and eight others] |
Autore | Costanza Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (98 pages) : colour illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Environmental aspects
Environmental policy Natural resources Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Soggetto non controllato |
environmental policy
economic development--environmental aspects Ecosystem Ecosystem services Gross domestic product Natural capital Quality of life Social capital Well-being |
ISBN | 1-921862-05-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary pages; Acknowledgements; Executive Summary; 1. Rationale and Objectives; 2. What Would a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature Look Like?; 3. A Redesign of "the Economy" Recognizing Its Embeddedness in Society and Nature; 4. Example Policy Reforms; 5. Are These Policies Consistent and Feasible?; 6. Conclusions; 7. References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140193603321 |
Costanza Robert | ||
Canberra, : ANU Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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