Silver Bosnia
Subtitle: Precious Metals and Society in the Western Balkans
Contributors: Herzfeld, Michael; Ho, Engseng; Steedly, Mary M.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Description: In 1992, several thousand residents from northern Bosnia's Prijedor region were detained in the Omarska concentration camp, which was created and run on the site of an iron mine by the mine's own engineers, labourers and management. Often overlooked in discussions about the ethnoreligious nature of the Balkan conflict is the fact that Omarska's workers relied heavily on their technical knowledge (of organic compounds, geology and terrain, machinery) to generate new ways of concentrating and executing prisoners.
Notes: Keywords: Balkans, Environment, Natural Resources, Violence, War.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2014