Seeing the Copperbelt: Science, mining and colonial power in Northern Rhodesia

Geoforum

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-281

  Frederiksen, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Mining; Political ecology; Power; Science; Zambia

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; POLITICAL POWER;

COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84872497937     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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