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2 “Of the Highest Imperial Importance”
British Strategic Priorities and the Politics of Colonial Bauxite, ca. 1916–ca. 1958
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Andrew Perchard
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Abbreviations x
- Opening Pandora’s Bauxite 1
- The Global Race for Bauxite, 1900–40 24
- “Of the Highest Imperial Importance” 53
- Nazi Germany’s Pursuit of Bauxite and Alumina 79
- National Security Business? 107
- The Soviet Union’s “Bauxite Problem” 138
- “Greece Has Been Endowed by Nature with This Precious Material” 158
- The Volta River Project and Decolonization, 1945–57 185
- Canada and the Nationalization of Alcan’s Bauxite Operations in Guinea and Guyana 211
- Transnational Restructuring and the Jamaican Bauxite Industry 238
- Issues of Governance, Liberalization, Policy Space, and the Challenges of Development 268
- White Metal 302
- Battles over Bauxite in East India 328
- Success without Bauxite 353
- Contributors 373
- Index 378
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Abbreviations x
- Opening Pandora’s Bauxite 1
- The Global Race for Bauxite, 1900–40 24
- “Of the Highest Imperial Importance” 53
- Nazi Germany’s Pursuit of Bauxite and Alumina 79
- National Security Business? 107
- The Soviet Union’s “Bauxite Problem” 138
- “Greece Has Been Endowed by Nature with This Precious Material” 158
- The Volta River Project and Decolonization, 1945–57 185
- Canada and the Nationalization of Alcan’s Bauxite Operations in Guinea and Guyana 211
- Transnational Restructuring and the Jamaican Bauxite Industry 238
- Issues of Governance, Liberalization, Policy Space, and the Challenges of Development 268
- White Metal 302
- Battles over Bauxite in East India 328
- Success without Bauxite 353
- Contributors 373
- Index 378
