Hinterland history: The Ok Tedi mine and its cultural consequences in Telefolmin

Contemporary Pacific

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-263

  Jorgensen, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mine closure; Mining; Ok Tedi; Papua New Guinea; Regional history; Telefolmin

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; LANDOWNER; MINING; MINING INDUSTRY; MODERNITY; POLITICS;

MELANESIA; OK TEDI MINE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WESTERN PROVINCE [PAPUA NEW GUINEA];

EID: 33748301962     PISSN: 1043898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cp.2006.0021     Document Type: Article

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