Rushing for gold: Mobility and small-scale mining in East Africa

Development and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-279

  Jønsson, Jesper Bosse ^a,b   Bryceson, Deborah Fahy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Sustainable Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (SASMin)   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINE; LABOR MOBILITY; SMALL SCALE MINING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 67649601041     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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