Under Pressure - Diamond Mining and Everyday Life in Northern Canada (Paperback)

In 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world. Primarily mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities. In Under Pressure, anthropologist Lindsay A. Bell examines the effects of diamond mining on an increasingly diverse northern population. Through an ethnographic focus on everyday life in Hay River, a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and obstacles created by large-scale resource development. By situating contemporary diamond mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social, cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community. In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem mining as either good or bad, Under Pressure uses diamonds as an anthropological prism to consider larger issues related to Arctic extraction, globalization, Indigenous rights, and ethical consumption.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Lindsay A. Bell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	188
ISBN-13:	978-1-4875-4821-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General
LSN:	1-4875-4821-4
Barcode:	9781487548216

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