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The diamond fields of Chiadzwa, among the world's largest sources of rough diamonds have been at the centre of struggles for power in Zimbabwe since their discovery in 2006. Against the backdrop of a turbulent political economy, control of Chiadzwa's diamonds was hotly contested. By 2007 a new case of 'blood diamonds' had emerged, in which the country's security forces engaged with informal miners and black market dealers in the exploitation of rough diamonds, violently disrupting local communities and looting a key national resource. The formalisation of diamond mining in 2010 introduced new forms of large-scale theft, displacement and rights abuses. Facets of Power is the first comprehensive account of the emergence, meaning and profound impact of Chiadzwa's diamonds. Drawing on new fieldwork and published sources, the contributors present a graphic and accessibly written narrative of corruption and greed, as well as resistance by those who have suffered at the hands of the mineral's secretive and violent beneficiaries. If the lessons of resistance have been mostly disheartening ones, they also point towards more effective strategies for managing public resources, and mounting democratic challenges to elites whose power is sustained by preying on them.
Industries --- Business & Economics --- Diamond industry and trade --- Conflict diamonds --- Political corruption --- Corrupt practices --- Boss rule --- Corruption (in politics) --- Graft in politics --- Malversation --- Political scandals --- Politics, Practical --- Blood diamonds --- War diamonds --- Corruption --- Misconduct in office --- Diamonds --- Jewelry trade --- Nonmetallic minerals industry --- E-books
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Known for his sometimes-gritty naturalism and use of Appalachian dialect, Harry Harrison Kroll (1888-1967) was a remarkably prolific Tennessee novelist and short-story writer during the middle decades of the twentieth century. His career spanned two of the three major shifts in publishing during the twentieth century: the heyday and decline of the fiction magazine market during the late 1920's, and the rise of nonfiction and solidification of paperback marketing during the 1950's. Never Been Rich explores details of Kroll's humble, rural youth, his long delayed education
American literature --- Authors, American --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- History and criticism. --- Kroll, Harry Harrison, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Appalachian Region --- Appalachia --- Appalachian Mountains Region --- Intellectual life.
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Collier, Thomas. --- Church of England --- Pulpit guard routed.
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