02423nam 22006011a 450 991081881090332120200520144314.01-283-63652-20-8263-5107-7(CKB)2670000000175951(EBL)1118944(SSID)ssj0000631118(PQKBManifestationID)11390406(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631118(PQKBWorkID)10591003(PQKB)11221754(MiAaPQ)EBC1118944(MdBmJHUP)muse17709(OCoLC)784959313(Au-PeEL)EBL1118944(CaPaEBR)ebr10547297(CaONFJC)MIL394898(EXLCZ)99267000000017595120110629d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA history of mining in Latin America from the colonial era to the present /Kendall W. Brown1st ed.Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press20121 online resource (282 p.)Dialogos seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8263-5106-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The lure of gold, the wealth of silver -- Potosí and colonial Latin American mining -- Spanish and Portuguese colonialism and mining labor -- Workers' response to colonial mining -- New nations resurrect their mining industry -- The technological and social dimensions of modern mining -- Miners and revolution -- Mining, harmony, and the environment.Brown's focus on the legendary mines at Potosí and comparison of its operations to those of other mines in Latin America is a well-written and accessible study that is the first to span the colonial era to the present.Dialogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)Silver mines and miningBoliviaPotosiHistoryMines and mineral resourcesLatin AmericaHistorySilver mines and miningHistory.Mines and mineral resourcesHistory.333.8098Brown Kendall W.1949-1611352MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818810903321A history of mining in Latin America3939582UNINA