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Download or read book The Global Life of Mines written by Antonio Maria Pusceddu and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource extraction exists in diverse settings across the world and is carried out through different practices. The Global Life of Mines provides a comprehensive framework examining the spatial and temporal relationships between mining and postmining as interrelated and coexisting features within the global minescape. The book brings together scholars from various fields, such as anthropology, geography, sociology and political science, examining ethnographic case studies throughout the Americas (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, USA), Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Europe (Italy, Arctic Norway and Spain).