Russia's Diamond Colony
Title | Russia's Diamond Colony PDF eBook |
Author | John Tichotsky |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2014-01-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134413866 |
This study looks at the reform process in Sakha and at a one hundred year history of economic development. The research revealed that Sakha's progress has always been determined by the export of key resources.
Blood, Sweat and Earth
Title | Blood, Sweat and Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Tijl Vanneste |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2021-09-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1789144361 |
A sweeping history of our enduring passion for diamonds—and the exploitative industry that fuels it. Blood, Sweat and Earth is a hard-hitting historical exposé of the diamond industry, focusing on the exploitation of workers and the environment, the monopolization of uncut diamonds, and how little this has changed over time. It describes the use of forced labor and political oppression by Indian sultans, Portuguese colonizers in Brazil, and Western industrialists in many parts of Africa—as well as the hoarding of diamonds to maintain high prices, from the English East India Company to De Beers. While recent discoveries of diamond deposits in Siberia, Canada, and Australia have brought an end to monopolization, the book shows that advances in the production of synthetic diamonds have not yet been able to eradicate the exploitation caused by the world’s unquenchable thirst for sparkle.
Sino–Russian Policies in the Center and Periphery
Title | Sino–Russian Policies in the Center and Periphery PDF eBook |
Author | Samra Sarfraz Khan |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2022-03-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1666910589 |
This book is a comparative study of Chinese and Russian policies in their respective inner peripheries. As the inner peripheries of the two states are rather vast, a selected number of regions have been chosen from the two geographical expanses. These regions are not only rich in hydrocarbons and minerals but also serve as conduits of the same. Moreover, the geographical position of the Caucasus provides Russia with an ingress into the Transcaucasia; a region that has often presented Moscow with serious challenges in international politics. Similarly, Xinjiang and Tibet serve as supply bases of hydrocarbon and mineral, and as conduits of the same to the Chinese regime. In addition to this, while Tibet serves as China’s anchorage in Himalayas and a buffer zone against the Indian threat, Xinjiang is China’s gateway to the resource rich Central Asian market. With both Russia and China on the path of changing the post-Soviet unipolar order; insights on Sino-Russian ties and the various challenges and opportunities available to the two states are inevitable for any reader trying to understand the complexity of international politics in general and of Chinese and Russian politics in particular of the twenty-first century.
Russian Colonies in the Americas
Title | Russian Colonies in the Americas PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis K. Parker |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 2002-12-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780823964703 |
Briefly describes the first Russian colony, its people, trade, and eventual sale to the United States.
Diamonds from the Arkhangelsk Province, NW Russia
Title | Diamonds from the Arkhangelsk Province, NW Russia PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Garanin |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2021-07-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030357171 |
This book examines and summarizes data on more than 40,000 diamonds from deposits in Russia’s diamondiferous Arkhangelsk province. The geological data of diamond deposits includes the geological setting, ore body morphology and mineral composition. Investigation techniques employed include: Color Cathode Luminescence, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Raman Spectroscopy, and Carbon Isotopy. The book provides a full description of the diamond morphology. The problems of a potential (mantle) diamond grade for deposits are considered, depending on the physical and chemical conditions involved in the genesis and growth of diamond crystals. Further, there can be a significant impact on the productivity of bodies and the properties of diamonds during post-crystallization metasomatic processes. In this book, the authors propose a diamond crystallization model for changes in diamond crystals within mantle metasomatic transformations, and identify the factors affecting the growth and dissolution of diamonds in the mantle. In addition, they describe the complex evolution of kimberlite from the mantle up to the Earth’s surface. All of these factors affect the quality and quantity of diamonds in a particular diamond deposit, providing the basis for identifying optimal technological mining processes.
Statistical Register of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Title | Statistical Register of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) |
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The Significance of Siberian Diamonds
Title | The Significance of Siberian Diamonds PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher James Cowan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Cartels |
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