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UNINA9910461471203321 |
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Autore |
Robins Nicholas A. <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Mercury, mining, and empire [[electronic resource] ] : the human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes / / Nicholas A. Robins |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
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1-283-23591-9 |
9786613235916 |
0-253-00538-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (317 p.) |
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Silver mines and mining - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.) - History |
Silver mines and mining - Health aspects - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.) |
Silver mines and mining - Environmental aspects - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.) |
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 - Potosí (Dept.) - History |
Indians, Treatment of - Peru - Huancavelica - History |
Environmental degradation - Bolivia - Potosí (Dept.) |
Environmental degradation - Peru - Huancavelica |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Amalgamating an empire -- Toxic travails : mining in Huancavelica -- Blood silver -- Connecting the drops : the wider human and environmental costs -- From corrosion to collapse : the destruction of native communities. |
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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 |
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Huancavelica, Peru, and Potosí, in present-day Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and interwoven tale of what colonial exploitation of indigenous peoples and resources left in its wake. It is a socio-ecological history that explores the toxic interrelationships between mercury and silver production, urban environments, and the people who lived and worked in them. Nicholas A. Robins tells the |
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UNINA9910463836603321 |
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Autore |
Amsden Dora |
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Ukiyo-E / / Dora Amsden and Woldermar von Seidlitz |
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New York : , : Parkstone International, , [2014] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (518 p.) |
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Color prints, Japanese |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Chronology; Theatre; Women; Gods; Humour; Polarity of Man and Woman; Index |
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Ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') is a branch of Japanese art which originated during the period of prosperity in Edo (1615-1868). Characteristic of this period, the prints are the collective work of an artist, an engraver, and a printer. Created on account of their low cost thanks to the progression of the technique, they represent daily life, women, actors of kabuki theatre, or even sumo wrestlers. Landscape would also later establish itself as a favourite subject. Moronobu, the founder, Shunsho, Utamaro, Hokusai, and even Hiroshige are the most widely-celebrated artists of the move |
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