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Mercury, Mining, and Empire : the Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes.

On the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and silver production processes and related labor systems, Mercury, Mining, and Empire explores the effects of mercury pollution in colonial Huancavelica, Peru, and PotosAƒ|#x00AD;, in present-day Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and in...

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Основен автор: Robins, Nicholas A.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2011.
Предмети:
Silver mines and mining > Bolivia > Potosi (Department) > History.
Silver mines and mining > Health aspects > Bolivia > Potosi (Department)
Silver mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Bolivia > Potosi (Department)
Mercury mines and mining > Peru > Huancavelica > History.
Mercury mines and mining > Health aspects > Peru > Huancavelica.
Mercury mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Peru > Huancavelica.
Indians, Treatment of > Bolivia > Potosi (Department) > History.
Indians, Treatment of > Peru > Huancavelica > History.
Environmental degradation > Bolivia > Potosi (Department)
Environmental degradation > Peru > Huancavelica.
Environmental degradation > Bolivia > Potosi (Dept.)
Indians, Treatment of > Bolivia > Potosi (Dept.) > History.
Silver mines and mining > Bolivia > Potosi (Dept.) > History.
Silver mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Bolivia > Potosi (Dept.)
Silver mines and mining > Health aspects > Bolivia > Potosi (Dept.)
Environmental Studies.
Business.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
INDIANS, TREATMENT OF
Mercury mines and mining
Mercury mines and mining > Environmental aspects
Silver mines and mining
Silver mines and mining > Environmental aspects
Bolivia > Potosi (Department)
Peru > Huancavelica
Electronic books.
History
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Mercury, Mining, and Empire : The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes.
Съдържание:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Amalgamating an Empire; 2. Toxic Travails: Mining in Huancavelica; 3. Blood Silver; 4. Connecting the Drops:The Wider Human and Environmental Costs; 5. From Corrosion to Collapse:The Destruction of Native Communities; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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