Papua New Guinea: Lihir Destiny: Cultural Responses To Mining In Melanesia

Papua New Guinea: Lihir Destiny: Cultural Responses To Mining In Melanesia Nicholas A. Bainton, 2010   The people of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea have long held visions of a prosperous new future, often referred to by local leaders as the ‘Lihir Destiny’. When large-scale gold mining activities commenced on the main island of Lihir in 1995, many hoped that this new world had finally arrived. The Lihir Destiny provides a nuanced account of the social structural and cultural...

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