TY - BOOK ID - 77901344 TI - Stones of contention : a history of Africa's diamonds PY - 2014 SN - 0821444824 9780821444825 9780821421000 082142100X PB - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press in association with the Ohio University Center for International Studies, DB - UniCat KW - Diamond mines and mining KW - Diamond industry and trade KW - Mines and mineral resources KW - Jewelry trade KW - Nonmetallic minerals industry KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - History KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77901344 AB - Africa supplies the majority of the world's diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyond sensationalized media accounts of so-called blood diamonds. Stones of Contention explores the major developments in the remarkable history of Africa's diamonds, from the earliest stirrings of international interest in the continent's mineral wealth in the first millennium A.D. to the present day. In the European colonial period, the discovery of diamonds in South Africa ushered in an era of unprecedented greed during which monopolistic enterp ER -