Improvisational economies: Coltan production in the eastern Congo

Social Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-50

  Mantz, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mining; Political economy; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949097546     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2008.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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