decolonization. The history of the international tin industry reveals the complex interactions and interdependencies between local … political constellations within one specific industry, this collection of essays brings the state back into business history …, and the firm into the history of international relations. …

continental Europe. As a point of comparison, copper mining and its monetary use in the early modern Atlantic World will also be … considered. Contributors rely mainly on economic and economic history methodologies, complemented by geographical and cultural … history approaches. The use of novel software applications as tools to explain economic-historical episodes is also detailed. …

best of recent research on Zambia's mining industry from eminent scholars in history, geography, anthropology, politics … mining houses took advantage of tax-breaks and lax regulation. It considers the opportunities and dangers presented by … since 2004, and how frustration with the courting of mining multinationals has led to the rise of populist opposition. This …