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A new interesting publication about Artisanal and Small scale mining in contemporary times.Between the Plough and the Pick. Informal, artisanal and small-scale mining in the contemporary world, ed. by Kuntala Lahiri Dutt, Australian National University Press 2018.This volume deepens our understanding of informal, artisanal and small-scale mining. It shows that the people who are engaged in informal or small-scale mining practices are often the poorest and most exploited labourers—erstwhile peasants caught in the vortex of global change, who perform the most insecure and dangerous tasks.You can download the volume for free: https://press.anu.edu.au/publicatio…/between-plough-and-pick