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almafu_9958352892402883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442619951
Content:
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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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Acronyms --
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1. Contemporary Canadian Mining: Colonial Continuities --
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2. Theorizing Canada’s Twenty-First-Century Colonialist Mining Project --
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3. “I Hear the Rustling of Gold under My Feet”: Mining, Race, and the Making of Canada --
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4. “Something from Nothing”: Generating Wealth in the Racialized Mining Economy --
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5. Racial Rule: Resource Appropriation and the Rule of Law --
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6. Who Do We Say We Are? Narratives of Canadian Mining Professionals in African States --
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7. “I Wouldn’t Glorify Them as Prospectors”: Colonial Contact Zones and the Eradication of African “Artisanal” Miners --
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8. Refusing the “White Man’s Burden”:1 Investing in Colour-Blind Mining in Post-Apartheid South Africa --
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9. Conclusion: Imagining Decolonized Relations --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.3138/9781442619951
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442619951
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