{"product_id":"alchemy-in-the-rain-forest-9780822360117","title":"Alchemy in the Rain Forest","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAlchemy in the Rain Forest\u003c\/i\u003e Jerry K. Jacka explores how the indigenous population of Papua New Guinea's Porgeran highlands struggle to create meaningful lives in the midst of the extreme social conflict and environmental degradation brought on by commercial gold mining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In sum, this book is a valuable addition to the specialist literature on mining and social change in Melanesia, but also written in a clear style that will be of great use in the classroom. I recommend Jacka’s accessible, straightforward ethnography to all readers.\"  -- Alex Golub * Anthropology Book Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eAlchemy in the Rain Forest\u003c\/i\u003e] is an important contribution to environmental anthropology and political ecology. Jacka ultimately argues that the mine’s promises of development are as illusive as the alchemists’ quest for gold. What is unique about the book is not that ultimate assessment, but its exploration of the ways in which people who bear the greatest social and environmental harms of large-scale mining understand and navigate those changes.\" -- Jessica M. Smith * Journal of Anthropological Research *\u003cbr\u003e\"Jacka provides a multifaceted examination of gold mining in Papua New Guinea and its social and cultural impacts during the second half of the twentieth century. While highlighting the important conflicts and tensions, the author firmly resists the temptation to embark on a morality tale of evil multinationals dispossessing people of their land and culture. On the contrary, he offers nuanced analysis based on both field-work interviews and historical archives.\" -- José Ramón Bertomeu Sánchez * Ambix *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Making of a Resource Frontier  21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Resource Frontiers in the Montane Tropics  25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Colonialism, Mining, and Missionization  49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Indigenous Philosophies of Nature, Culture, and Place  77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Land: \u003ci\u003eYu\u003c\/i\u003e  81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. People: \u003ci\u003eWandakali\u003c\/i\u003e  105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Spirits: \u003ci\u003eYama\u003c\/i\u003e  129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Social-Ecological Perturbations and Human Responses  157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ecological Perturbations and Human Responses  157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Social Dislocations: Work, Antiwork, and Highway Life  199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Development, Resilience, and the End of the Land  229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References  249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  269","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406091592023,"sku":"9780822360117","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822360117.jpg?v=1730494495","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alchemy-in-the-rain-forest-9780822360117","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}