Research Catalog

Title

Stones of contention : a history of Africa's diamonds / Todd Cleveland.

Author

Cleveland, Todd

Publication

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press in association with the Ohio University Center for International Studies, [2014]

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Details

Description

xii, 225 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Africa in world history

Uniform Title

Africa in world history.

Subject

• Diamond mines and mining > Africa > History
• Diamond industry and trade > Africa > History
• Diamond industry and trade > Social aspects > Africa
• Diamond mines and mining > Economic aspects > Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.

Contents

An introduction to Africa's diamonds -- Africa's mineral wealth : material and mythical -- From illusion to reality : the Kimberley discoveries, the diamond "rush," and the "Wild West" in Africa -- Consolidation and control : the birth and growth of the cartel -- Creating "New Kimberleys" elsewhere in Africa -- The experiences of African works on Colonial-era mines -- A resource curse : "blood diamonds," state oppression, and violence -- Africa's diamonds : a rough past with a brighter future.

Call Number

JBD 18-461

ISBN

• 9780821421000 (pb : alk. paper)
• 082142100X (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

2014007945

OCLC

861676525

Author

Cleveland, Todd, author.

Title

Stones of contention : a history of Africa's diamonds / Todd Cleveland.

Publisher

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press in association with the Ohio University Center for International Studies, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Africa in world history

Africa in world history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.

Research Call Number

JBD 18-461

Sc D 14-1586