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Mette M. High - Fear and Fortune: Spirit Worlds and Emerging Economies in the Mongolian Gold Rush - 9781501707551 - V9781501707551
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Fear and Fortune: Spirit Worlds and Emerging Economies in the Mongolian Gold Rush

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Description for Fear and Fortune: Spirit Worlds and Emerging Economies in the Mongolian Gold Rush Paperback. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Mongolia over the last decade has seen a substantial and ongoing gold rush. The widespread mining of gold looks at first glance to be a blessing for a desperately poor and largely pastoralist country where people's lives were disrupted by the end of the USSR and tens of millions of livestock were killed in devastating droughts in the early 2000s. Volatility and uncertainty as well as political and economic turmoil led many people to join the hopeful search for gold. This activity, born out of uncertain times, poses an intense moral problem; in the land of dust, disturbing ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501707551
SKU
V9781501707551
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-35

About Mette M. High
Mette M. High is a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Saint Andrews.

Reviews for Fear and Fortune: Spirit Worlds and Emerging Economies in the Mongolian Gold Rush
Fear and Fortune is a well-crafted, highly accessible, and very attractive read on the Mongolian gold rush and the spirit forces that underpin it. Mette M. High fully succeeds in drawing in and keeping the reader's attention while presenting her findings at a brisk pace. She offers up some highly original discussions of what 'money' constitutes in a part of ... Read more

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