Author: James Lyng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Guinea
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Our New Possession (late German New Guinea)
Author: James Lyng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Guinea
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Guinea
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: Aust. Bureau of Statistics
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1165
Book Description
Publisher: Aust. Bureau of Statistics
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1165
Book Description
New Guinea Under the Germans
Author: Stewart Firth
Publisher: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; Beaverton, OR : International Scholarly Book Services
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; Beaverton, OR : International Scholarly Book Services
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Statesman's Year-book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 2544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 2544
Book Description
The Petroleum World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The Devil’s Milk
Author: John Tully
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1583672613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A history of the modern world told through the multiple lives of rubber Capital, as Marx once wrote, comes into the world “dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” He might well have been describing the long, grim history of rubber. From the early stages of primitive accumulation to the heights of the industrial revolution and beyond, rubber is one of a handful of commodities that has played a crucial role in shaping the modern world, and yet, as John Tully shows in this remarkable book, laboring people around the globe have every reason to regard it as “the devil’s milk.” All the advancements made possible by rubber—industrial machinery, telegraph technology, medical equipment, countless consumer goods—have occurred against a backdrop of seemingly endless exploitation, conquest, slavery, and war. But Tully is quick to remind us that the vast terrain of rubber production has always been a site of struggle, and that the oppressed who toil closest to “the devil’s milk” in all its forms have never accepted their immiseration without a fight. This book, the product of exhaustive scholarship carried out in many countries and several continents, is destined to become a classic. Tully tells the story of humanity’s long encounter with rubber in a kaleidoscopic narrative that regards little as outside its range without losing sight of the commodity in question. With the skill of a master historian and the elegance of a novelist, he presents what amounts to a history of the modern world told through the multiple lives of rubber.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1583672613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A history of the modern world told through the multiple lives of rubber Capital, as Marx once wrote, comes into the world “dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” He might well have been describing the long, grim history of rubber. From the early stages of primitive accumulation to the heights of the industrial revolution and beyond, rubber is one of a handful of commodities that has played a crucial role in shaping the modern world, and yet, as John Tully shows in this remarkable book, laboring people around the globe have every reason to regard it as “the devil’s milk.” All the advancements made possible by rubber—industrial machinery, telegraph technology, medical equipment, countless consumer goods—have occurred against a backdrop of seemingly endless exploitation, conquest, slavery, and war. But Tully is quick to remind us that the vast terrain of rubber production has always been a site of struggle, and that the oppressed who toil closest to “the devil’s milk” in all its forms have never accepted their immiseration without a fight. This book, the product of exhaustive scholarship carried out in many countries and several continents, is destined to become a classic. Tully tells the story of humanity’s long encounter with rubber in a kaleidoscopic narrative that regards little as outside its range without losing sight of the commodity in question. With the skill of a master historian and the elegance of a novelist, he presents what amounts to a history of the modern world told through the multiple lives of rubber.
Papers Relating to Pacific and Far Eastern Affairs
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
Book Description
The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: M. Epstein
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270573
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1565
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270573
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1565
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Papua New Guinea Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments
Author: IBP, Inc.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438785232
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Papua New Guinea Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments - Everything you need to know about the country - Geography, history, politics, economy, business, etc.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438785232
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Papua New Guinea Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments - Everything you need to know about the country - Geography, history, politics, economy, business, etc.
Search for New Guinea's Boundaries
Author: Paul W. Van der Veur
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401536201
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The paucity of published material on the borders of New Guinea and the international significance of the Irian boundary led me to bring together the information I had gathered over the past few years. Ideally, a book of this kind should cover the subject in its total historical and geographical context. The aim of this work is more modest: it intends merely to throw some light on the birth and development of New Guinea's boundaries. With this purpose in mind, after an introductory chapter attention is given to the historical events leading up to the parti tion of New Guinea among three European powers. In subsequent chapters the development of the boundaries between the various parts of the island is discussed. It is realized that this approach may tend to convey the impression that each particular border is in some way unique. This, however, is not intended and it is hoped that the reader will recognize some of the common underlying themes and problems which are given attention in the introductory and concluding chapters. It was intended originally to present in a brief appendix those docu ments which define the borders. It soon appeared desirable to include also the unpublished records of more recent border conferences and relevant correspondence leading up to the actual treaties, exchange of notes, Orders in Council, or (as the case might be) lack of action.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401536201
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The paucity of published material on the borders of New Guinea and the international significance of the Irian boundary led me to bring together the information I had gathered over the past few years. Ideally, a book of this kind should cover the subject in its total historical and geographical context. The aim of this work is more modest: it intends merely to throw some light on the birth and development of New Guinea's boundaries. With this purpose in mind, after an introductory chapter attention is given to the historical events leading up to the parti tion of New Guinea among three European powers. In subsequent chapters the development of the boundaries between the various parts of the island is discussed. It is realized that this approach may tend to convey the impression that each particular border is in some way unique. This, however, is not intended and it is hoped that the reader will recognize some of the common underlying themes and problems which are given attention in the introductory and concluding chapters. It was intended originally to present in a brief appendix those docu ments which define the borders. It soon appeared desirable to include also the unpublished records of more recent border conferences and relevant correspondence leading up to the actual treaties, exchange of notes, Orders in Council, or (as the case might be) lack of action.