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Chasing the Glitter: Black Hills Milling, 1874-1959
Chasing the Glitter tells the story of the men, mills, and machines that teased precious metals from the reluctant ores of the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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Coal and British Colonialism in Nigeria
This paper looks at how the master-servant politics of British indirect rule (ruling the colonized through their traditional authorities and structures) related to the production of coal and coal-using industries in Nigeria.
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Nothing Like Chocolate
This film follows the founder of a grassroots chocolate cooperative in Grenada. It reveals the benefits of a cooperative model in an industry marred by corporate greed, trafficking, and slavery.
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The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective takes an anthropological approach to Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast. It portrays a historically globalized region which has adapated creatively to major transformations and still remains a major actor within global networks.
Arcadia
What Is Yellow Fever? Disease and Causation in Environmental History
Rather than revealing the power of nature to shape human history, yellow fever is a disease that historically entangles nature and culture.
Arcadia
Poles of Exploration and Exploitation: Olaudah Equiano in the Arctic
This essay proposes that Olaudah Equiano’s account of a 1773 Arctic voyage doubles as a critique of exploration and exploitation.