{"product_id":"9781487548278-under-pressure","title":"Under Pressure","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiamond Mining and Everyday Life in Northern Canada\u003cbr\u003eTold from the vantage point of the \"Hub of the North,\" this student-friendly ethnography examines the boom and bust of Canada’s diamond industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, Canada became the third largest producer of diamonds in the world. Primarily mined on the edge of the Arctic, these diamonds are said to bring economic development and opportunity to nearby Indigenous communities. In \u003ci\u003eUnder Pressure, \u003c\/i\u003eanthropologist Lindsay A. Bell examines the effects of diamond mining on an increasingly diverse northern population.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough an ethnographic focus on everyday life in Hay River, a multi-ethnic town in the Northwest Territories, this book illustrates the different ways Indigenous, settler, and immigrant northerners navigate the opportunities and obstacles created by large-scale resource development. By situating contemporary diamond mines within the long history of extraction in the region, Bell describes the social, cultural, and economic pressures that shape the people in this Northern community. In contrast to many polarizing accounts that deem mining as either good or bad, \u003ci\u003eUnder Pressure\u003c\/i\u003e uses diamonds as an anthropological prism to consider larger issues related to Arctic extraction, globalization, Indigenous rights, and ethical consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40773169578081,"sku":"9781487548278","price":51.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38130118_f7a252a6-326d-4a28-8a45-9839e8121aa8.jpg?v=1763731987","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781487548278-under-pressure","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}