Regimes of Ethical Value? Landscape, Race and Representation in the Canadian Diamond Industry

Antipode

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-179

  Schlosser, Kolson ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Commodity racism; Diamonds; Ethical consumption; Flexible racism

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; DIAMOND; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHICS; LANDSCAPE; MODERNIZATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RACISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CANADA;

EID: 84871164345     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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