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Sustaining Development in Mineral Economiesby Richard M. Auty
Routledge 1993; US$ 200.00This highlights the drawbacks of possessing natural mineral resources. These can quickly become a curse on the ore-exporting economies of developing countries leading to drainage of resources and the faltering of long term growth more...
Global Restructuring of the Steel Industryby Dr Amiya Kumar Bagchi; Anthony P. D'Costa
Routledge 1999; US$ 190.00Using case studies from USA, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India, this work explains how and why the steel industry has shifted from the advanced capitalist countries to the late industrializing countries. more...
Chinese Coal Industryby Elspeth Thomson
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 190.00This book examines the changes in the structure and operation of the Chinese coal industry from the mid-19th century to the present, concentrating on the years of reform. more...
Globalisation, Transition and Development in Chinaby Huaichuan Rui
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 175.00This book aims to explain China's development strategy and its underlying forces, and the success of this strategy. more...
Agricultural and Mineral Commodities Year Bookby David Lea
Europa Publications 2002; US$ 360.00An in-depth survey of the major commodities of the world more...
Steel Industry in Japanby Harukiyo Hasegawa
RoutledgeCurzon 1996; US$ 195.00Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies. more...
In the Kingdom of Coalby Dan Rottenberg
Routledge 2003; US$ 38.95It was a time of poverty and enterprise, when poor men slaved in the mines, rich men became barons and America grew from a backward agricultural colony to the industrial force of the modern world. The driving power behind this transformation was coal, the black gold that even today illuminates our cities and runs our computers. more...
The Oil Factorby Stephen Leeb; Donna Leeb
Warner 2004; US$ 9.99A storm is coming, a turbulent new era in which oil prices will soar and inflation will sky-rocket. In this important new book, two leading financial strategists show you how to ride out the tempest while still capturing impressive investment returns... It's the oil, stupid. For the last thirty years, the price of oil has been the single most important determinant of the world economy. But now most geologists concur that the planet's supply of cheaply extractable oil, the traditional fuel that powers growth, will shortly be overtaken by demand. In the coming global turbulence, oil prices will top $100 a barrel, helping push inflation well into double digits and even posing a risk of intermittent deflation. The result will be an economy more... more...
Geopolitics of Resource Warsby Philippe Le Billon
Frank Cass 2004; US$ 41.95This book examines the 'resource curse' affecting many resource-dependent countries and the spaces of (mis)governance shaping the violent geopolitics of many natural resources. more...