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Title:

The anthropology of precious minerals / edited by Elizabeth Ferry, Annabel Vallard, and Andrew Walsh.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

vi, 208 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Precious metals--Social aspects.
Mineral industries--Social aspects.
Mines and mineral resources--Social aspects.
Metal-work--Social aspects.
Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Metal-work--Social aspects.
Mineral industries--Social aspects.
Mines and mineral resources--Social aspects.
Precious metals--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Ferry, Elizabeth Emma, editor.
Vallard, Annabel, editor.
Walsh, Andrew, 1969- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: engaging precious minerals / Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard -- Introduction to part one: scrappers, miners, and hunters / Susan D. Gillespie -- "Check out that gold-plated board!" scrapping cellphones and electronics in North America / Joshua A. Bell -- What is "artisanal" about "artisanal mining"? reflections from Madagascar's sapphire trade / Andrew Walsh -- The value and social lives of alpine crystals / Gilles Raveneau -- Introduction to part two: making preciousness: distinction and refraction / Elizabeth Ferry -- When stones become gems: valuations of minerals in Thailand / Annabel Vallard -- Transparent minerals and opaque diamond sources / Filipe Calvão -- Gold, ontological difference, and object agency / Les W. Field -- Afterward: facets of preciousness / Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard.

ISBN:

1487503172
9781487503178

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1117494902

LCCN:

2020275433

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)