Fear and fortune : spirit worlds and emerging economies in the Mongolian gold rush

Fear and fortune : spirit worlds and emerging economies in the Mongolian gold rush / Mette M. High.

Mongolia over the last decade has seen a substantial and ongoing gold rush. The wide-spread mining of gold looks at first glance to be a blessing for a desperately poor and largely pastoralist country. Volatility and uncertainty as well as political and economic turmoil led many people to join the h...

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Main Author: High, Mette M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects > Mongolia > Ui︠a︡nga Sum.
Economic development > Social aspects > Mongolia > Ui︠a︡nga Sum.
Gold > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Ethnology > Mongolia > Ui︠a︡nga Sum.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Gold > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Economic development > Social aspects
Ethnology
Gold mines and mining > Social aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • The burden of patriarchy
  • The power of gold
  • Angered spirits
  • Polluted money
  • Wealth and devotion
  • Trading gold.

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