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Sub-Categories of Primary industries
Primary industries
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Boom and Bust: The rise and fall of the mining industry, greed and the impact...
Royce Kurmelovs
History; Economic history; Mining industry
Paperback
The bestselling author of THE DEATH OF HOLDEN turns his attention to another important Australian business: mining. BOOM AND... [more]
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Adani and the War Over Coal
Quentin Beresford
Economics of industrial organisation; Mining industry; Mathematics & Sciences; Social impact of environmental issues
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Australian politicians have had a love affair with coal, which has helped lock its politics into the fossil fuel age. This... [more]
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Adani versus the Black-throated Finch
Tor Hundloe
Mining industry; Mathematics & Sciences; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations
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On 3 April 2016 the Queensland government announced that it had granted coal leases to Adani. They are in Banjo Paterson country,... [more]
$19.95
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The Pilbara: From the Deserts Profits Come
Bradon Ellem
History; Mining industry; Industrial relations; Arid zones, deserts; Soil & rock mechanics
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The Pilbara has become central to the Australian economy and imagination. With millions of tonnes of iron ore being shipped... [more]
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Adjudication on the Gold Fields in New South Wales and Victoria in the 19th...
John P. Hamilton
Australasian & Pacific history; Mining industry; Legal history; Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution
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Deals with the inception and development of adjudication systems on the gold fields in New South Wales and Victoria in the... [more]
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The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft...
Tom Burgis
History; Mining industry; Petroleum & oil industries
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Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016 A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks... [more]
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Blood and Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars
Sam Vincent
Society & Social Sciences; Fisheries & related industries; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Endangered species & extinction of species
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Confrontations between Japanese whalers and Sea Shepherd activists make for exciting news reports during the Australian summer.... [more]
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Field Guide to Victorian Produce
Ewan McEoin
Reference works; Agriculture & related industries; Food manufacturing & related industries; Cookery, food & drink
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This is the first practical field guide for Australian locavores - people who try to eat locally. This book tells the stories... [more]
$27.50 $2.00
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Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know
Robert Paarlberg
Social issues & processes; Development economics; Agriculture & related industries; Mathematics & Sciences; Agriculture & farming
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In a lively and easy-to-navigate, question-and-answer format, Food Politics carefully examines and explains the most important... [more]
$26.95
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Breaking the Sheep's Back
Charles Massy
History; Industrialisation & industrial history; Political economy; Agriculture & related industries
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Tells the story of one of Australia's biggest business disasters, which involves government complicity, and is a political... [more]
$39.95
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Wood in Australia
Keith R. Bootle
Forestry & related industries
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A complete textbook and reference book that summarises the main aspects of wood utilisation for the student and the timber... [more]
$82.95
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Restoring Farm Woodlands for Wildlife
Damian Michael, Mason Crane, Daniel Florance, Emma Burns, David Lindenmayer
Agriculture & related industries; Mathematics & Sciences; Applied ecology; Management of land & natural resources; Conservation of the environment; Sustainable agriculture
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Featuring best practice approaches to restoration based on 19 years of long-term research. [more]
Agriculture: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Brassley, Dr Richard Soffe
History; Agriculture & related industries; Agriculture & farming
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From the large corporation using enormous machines in the USA, to the woman with her hoe and her plot of cassava in Mozambique,... [more]
The Fundamentals of Horticulture: Theory and Practice
Chris Bird
Primary industries; Horticulture; Gardening
Paperback
Essential reading for all those studying horticulture and keen gardeners. This clear introduction to the principles underlying... [more]
Stuffed And Starved: From Farm to Fork: The Hidden Battle For The World...
Raj Patel
Geopolitics; Agriculture & related industries
Paperback
A FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED NEW EDITION that reveals the hidden complexities and terrifying simplicities of a planet squeezing... [more]
Fair Trade and Organic Initiatives in Asian Agriculture: The Hidden Realities...
Rie Makita (Gakushuin University, Japan), Tadasu Tsuruta (Kindai University, Japan)
Development economics; Environmental economics; Agriculture & related industries
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In addition to constituting an evolving area of inquiry within the social sciences, agricultural certification, and particularly... [more]
Agricultural Growth, Productivity and Regional Change in India: Challenges...
Surendra Singh (North-Eastern Hill University, India), Prem Chhetri (RMIT University, Australia)
Development studies; Development economics; Agriculture & related industries; Agricultural science
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Agriculture productivity, growth and regional change in post-colonial India from a spatial perspective are yet to be rigorously... [more]
Forest Governance and Management Across Time: Developing a New Forest Social...
Erland Marald (Umea University, Sweden), Camilla Sandstrom, Annika Nordin (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden), and Others
Forestry & related industries; Deforestation; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
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The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given... [more]
Agribusiness: An International Perspective
Julian Roche (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
Corporate finance; Investment & securities; Purchasing & supply management; Agriculture & related industries; Agricultural science
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Agribusiness offers a unique introduction to the business of agriculture: what agribusiness is, why it matters, what the role... [more]
Nature's Matrix: Linking Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation and Food...
Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer, Angus Wright
Agriculture & related industries; Biodiversity
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Revised edition of: Nature's matrix: linking agriculture, conservation and food sovereignty. 2009. [more]
Ground Characterization and Structural Analyses for Tunnel Design
Benjamin Celada (Geocontrol S.A., Spain), Z.T. Bieniawski
Mining industry; Soil & rock mechanics
Hardback
This practical and design-oriented book focuses on ground characterization and structural calculation, as part of the active... [more]
Agribusiness: An International Perspective
Julian Roche (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
Corporate finance; Investment & securities; Purchasing & supply management; Agriculture & related industries; Agricultural science
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Agribusiness offers a unique introduction to the business of agriculture: what agribusiness is, why it matters, what the role... [more]
Property Rights and Governance in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Critical...
Chris Huggins (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Politics & government; Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy; Mining industry; Land & real estate law
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Disputes and dispossession of property rights in the mining sector are causes of injustice, violence, and forced resettlement... [more]
Politics and Poverty: A Critique of the Food and Agriculture Organization...
John Abbott
Politics & government; Political economy; Agriculture & related industries; Environmental science, engineering & technology
Hardback
Originally published in 1992. At its foundation FAO was conceived as an organization that would bring together health and... [more]
World Population and World Food Supplies
E. John Russell
Economic history; Agriculture & related industries; Human geography
Hardback
Originally published in 1954. This great work surveys the distribution of the world's population and the food production of... [more]
