The art of governing contingency
Rethinking the colonial history of diamond mining in Sierra Leone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4557583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorenzo D’angelo (0000-0002-8731-2714, Mylan (Switzerland), corresponding author), Lorenzo D''Angelo, Lorenzo D'Angelo (Milan) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 243 |
| Pages | 136-157 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.12103 |
| OpenAlex | W1900853265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article briefly outlines the history of the colonial diamond industry of Sierra Leone from 1930 to 1961, highlighting its contingent aspects and the bonds guiding the decisions and actions taken by local social actors in different contexts and at different times. By drawing on colonial documents and memoirs of colonial officers, it shows how the colonial government of Sierra Leone and the mining company that exercised a monopoly on diamond extraction collaborated on the establishment of a series of legislative and disciplinary devices that encompassed forms of biopolitical expertise
Colonialism · Diamond · Discipline · Economics · Ethnology · Government (linguistics · Legislature · Memoir · Monopoly · Political science · Sierra leone · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law · North African History and Literature
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |