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100 1  Eichstaedt, Peter,|eauthor. 
245 10 Consuming the Congo.|h[Boundless electronic resource] 
250    First edition. 
264  1 [s.l.] :|bChicago Review Press,|c2011. 
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520    Every time you use a cell phone or log on to a computer, 
       you could be contributing to the death toll in the 
       bloodiest, most violent region in the world: the eastern 
       Congo. Rich in "conflict minerals"--valuable resources 
       mined in the midst of armed conflict and egregious human 
       rights abuses--this remote and lawless land is home to 
       deposits of gold and diamonds as well as coltan, tin, and 
       tungsten, all critical to cell phones, computers, and 
       other popular electronics.In Consuming the Congo, veteran 
       journalist and author Peter Eichstaedt goes into these 
       killing fields to find what is behind the bloodshed, 
       hearing the stories of those who live this nightmarish 
       reality. He talks with survivors of villages decimated by 
       war and miners slogging knee-deep in muck, desperately 
       digging up the gold, tin, and coltan on which Western 
       culture depends. While these men work with picks, shovels,
       and iron bars, marauding militias and renegade army units 
       who control the mines roam the jungles, killing and raping
       with impunity, taking their profits, and leaving villagers
       to a life of grueling manual labor, brutality, and 
       disease.Some five million Congolese have died 
       unnecessarily, the worst loss of human life since World 
       War II, yet the pillaging and bloodletting continue at a 
       frightening pace. Consuming the Congo not only explores 
       the violence suffered by the Congolese but also examines 
       how we, as part of the problem, can become part of the 
       solution. 
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610 20 International Criminal Court. 
650  0 History. 
650  0 Electronic books. 
650  0 Mines and mineral resources|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
650  0 Diamond mines and mining|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
650  0 Child labor|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
650  0 Child slaves|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
650  0 Massacres|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
650  0 Massacres|zCongo (Democratic Republic)|zIturi. 
650  0 Genocide|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
650  0 Children|xViolence against|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
650  0 Rape victims|zCongo (Democratic Republic) 
651  0 Congo (Democratic Republic)|xHistory|y1997- 
651  0 Congo (Democratic Republic)|xEthnic relations. 
651  0 Ituri (Congo)|xEthnic relations. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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