The gender of the gold: An ethnographic and historical account of women's involvement in artisanal and small-scale mining in Mount Kaindi, Papua New Guinea

Oceania

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-149

  Moretti, Daniele ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748866121     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2006.tb03041.x     Document Type: Review

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