Ancestral Rainforests And The Mountain Of Gold - Indigenous Peoples And Mining In New Guinea

The ancestral rain forests for the Wopkaimin people have long been a sacred geography, a place that has allowed them to act out the obligations of the male cult system and social relations of production based on kinship. Today the people and their place are suffering disastrous consequences from the sudden imposition of one of the worlds largest mining projects, which has brought about severe social and ecological disruptions. Based on fieldwork spanning more than a decade, David Hyndmans book traces the extraordinary socioecological transformation of a traditional society confronting modern technological risk. Across the island of New Guinea, the clash between the simple reproduction and subsistence production system of indigenous peoples and the expanded production and private accumulation system of mining has resulted in environmental degradation.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	1995
Authors:	David Hyndman
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-16298-6
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-367-16298-9
Barcode:	9780367162986

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