John Sandlos, Arn Keeling

The Price of Gold

Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife Volume 19

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Price of Gold traces the troubling history of one of Canadaâ s most contaminated mine sites and the Indigenous community, labour unions, and environmentalists who fought back against the federal government and the mining companies.

Produktdetails

• McGill-Queen's Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies
• Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780228026174
• ISBN-10: 0228026172
• Artikelnr.: 73660451

Autorenporträt

Arn Keeling is geography professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table, Map, and Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on the Terminology xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 3
1 Claiming Wı̨ ìlı̨ ìcheh 23
2 Opening a Giant 41
3 Hiding Poison 68
4 Arsenic and Red Tape 91
5 Regulation and Resistance 121
6 The Death and Afterlife of Giant Mine 149
Conclusion 179
Notes 187
Bibliography 233
Index 251