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Leviathans at the Gold Mine<http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/38774-leviathans-at-the-gold-mine.html>

Creating Indigenous and Corporate Actors in Papua New Guinea
Alex Golub

   "Leviathans at the Gold Mine is an important contribution to our knowledge of the Porgera mine and mining in Papua New Guinea more generally. Alex Golub offers a subtle, original reading of mine-landowner relations, as well as new information about the microprocesses associated with Porgera mining, such as how landownership is determined and how royalty checks are distributed. Those insights will be welcomed by scholars interested in local-global articulations and the politics and misunderstandings associated with them."-Aletta Biersack, coeditor of Reimagining Political Ecology

   "Offers an ethnographic perspective on the relationship between the Ipili people and the international gold-mine operation on their land"- Chronicle of Higher Education

   Leviathans at the Gold Mine is an ethnographic account of the relationship between the Ipili, an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea, and the large international gold mine operating on their land. It was not until 1939 that Australian territorial patrols reached the Ipili. By 1990, the third largest gold mine on the planet was operating in their valley. Alex Golub examines how "the mine" and "the Ipili" were brought into being in relation to one another, and how certain individuals were authorized to speak for the mine and others to speak for the Ipili. Considering the relative success of the Ipili in their negotiations with a multinational corporation, Golub argues that a unique conjuncture of personal relationships and political circumstances created a propitious moment during which the dynamic and fluid nature of Ipili culture could be used to full advantage. As that moment faded away, social problems in the valley increased. The Ipili now struggle with the extreme social dislocation brought about by the massive influx of migrants and money into their valley.

Alex Golub is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. He is a cofounder of the anthropology blog savageminds.org.



Duke University Press

April 2014 264pp 8 illustrations 9780822355083 PB £14.99 now only £11.24 when you quote CS0614MINI<http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/38774-leviathans-at-the-gold-mine.html> when you order



Combating Mountaintop Removal<http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/849-combating-mountaintop-removal.html>

New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal
Bryan T. McNeil

   "A book for all concerned readers who want to learn what [mountaintop removal] means to the people it most impacts."-Library Journal

   "This book fills a gap in our understanding of strip mining and its opposition by insightfully connecting mountaintop removal and resistance to neoliberalism. McNeil's detailed discussion of the complex origins of mountaintop removal and the lack of good alternative economic opportunities in Appalachia is a strong basis for readers new to the subject."-Chad Montrie, author of To Save the Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia

   Drawing on powerful personal testimonies of the hazards of mountaintop removal in southern West Virginia, Combating Mountaintop Removal critically examines the fierce conflicts over this violent and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining. Bryan T. McNeil documents the changing relationships among the coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their broader networks.
   Focusing on Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW), an organization composed of individuals who have personal ties to the coal industry in the region, the study reveals a turn away from once-strong traditional labour unions and the emergence of community-based activist organizations. By framing social and moral arguments in terms of the environment, these innovative hybrid movements take advantage of environmentalism's higher profile in contemporary politics. In investigating the local effects of globalization and global economics, McNeil tracks the profound reimagining of social and personal ideas such as identity, history, and landscape and considers their roles in organizing an agenda for progressive community activism.

Bryan T. McNeil is an assistant professor of anthropology at American University.

University of Illinois Press



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