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Blood Diamonds. Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
by Campbell, Greg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0813339391
- ISBN 13
- 9780813339399
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(no place: Westview Press, 2002) 0813339391. 8vo; original pale grey papered boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xxv + (i) + 251, incl. index. Near-fine condition. 'First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry--institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel--have allowed it to happen.' .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12426
- Title
- Blood Diamonds. Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
- Author
- Campbell, Greg
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0813339391
- ISBN 13
- 9780813339399
- Publisher
- (no place: Westview Press, 2002) 0813339391
- Place of Publication
- Boulder, Colorado, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- September 3, 2002
- Keywords
- Gemstones. Diamond Mining. Diamond Market. Guerilla Warfare Modern Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Africa;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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