Getting Under the Skin: The Bougainville Copper Agreement and the Creation of the Panguna Mine

Getting Under the Skin: The Bougainville Copper Agreement and the Creation of the Panguna Mine

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Publisher's Synopsis

The creation of the giant Panguna copper mine in Bougainville shadowed the birth of an independent Papa New Guinea. Panguna needed land on a grand scale, and when villagers refused to sell, the government expropriated their land. This works covers the conflicts that beset the Panguna project.

Book information

ISBN: 9780522848779
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 499g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 25mm