Under the banner of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporations have become increasingly important players in international development. These days, CSR's union of economics and ethics is virtually unquestioned as an antidote to harsh neoliberal reforms and the delinquen…
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 remarka…
Explores the major developments in the history of Africa's diamonds, from the earliest stirrings of international interest in the continent's mineral wealth in the first millennium AD to the present day. This book illustrates the scope and complexity of the African diamond trade…
In Britain the phrase 'child labour' is associated with the past or with less developed economies, but children in Britain continue to perform arduous labour. This book considers child labour over the last 200 years and more contemporary issues.
« Molecular biology is undergoing exponential growth in both the volume and complexity of biological data. This book offers the first comprehensive overview of data mining, preprocessing, postprocessing, and storage for biological data. It surveys the latest approaches and techn…
Mining is a transformative activity which has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts. These impacts can be both positive and adverse, enhancing as well as disrupting economies, ecosystems and communities. The extractive industries have been criticised heavily for th…
Winner of the 1981 Wadsworth Prize for Business History, this work features a study of the Rio Tinto Company. An addition to the sparse empirical literature on international business, it also describes aspects of modern Spanish history.
The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of Queensland: 2000 kilometres of spectacular coral reefs, sand cays and islands, Australia's most precious marine possession. Teeming with life, it covers 350,000 square kilometres. In the late 1960s the Reef was threatened with limesto…
At present, deep earth resources remain poorly understood and entirely under-utilised. There is a growing appreciation of the important role deep earth will play in future sustainability, particularly in opportunities for new and sustainable large-scale energy alternatives, and …
This first Issue in the series contains nine articles written by leading British and American experts from the mining industry, regulatory authorities, and academia, and incorporates the latest research. Following an introductory overview of many of the issues of current concern…
A searing account of George Orwell's experiences of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire, The Road To Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact.
