LEADER 03736nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910461471203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-23591-9 010 $a9786613235916 010 $a0-253-00538-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000130882 035 $a(EBL)670296 035 $a(OCoLC)768081340 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544278 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11926026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544278 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10535776 035 $a(PQKB)10187297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC670296 035 $a(OCoLC)867800369 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17077 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL670296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574930 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323591 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000130882 100 $a20110121d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMercury, mining, and empire$b[electronic resource] $ethe human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes /$fNicholas A. Robins 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-35651-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAmalgamating 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. 330 $aOn 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 Potosi?, 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 606 $aSilver mines and mining$zBolivia$zPotosi? (Dept.)$xHistory 606 $aSilver mines and mining$xHealth aspects$zBolivia$zPotosi? (Dept.) 606 $aSilver mines and mining$xEnvironmental aspects$zBolivia$zPotosi? (Dept.) 606 $aMercury mines and mining$zPeru$zHuancavelica$xHistory 606 $aMercury mines and mining$xHealth aspects$zPeru$zHuancavelica 606 $aMercury mines and mining$xEnvironmental aspects$zPeru$zHuancavelica 606 $aIndians, Treatment of$zBolivia$zPotosi? (Dept.)$xHistory 606 $aIndians, Treatment of$zPeru$zHuancavelica$xHistory 606 $aEnvironmental degradation$zBolivia$zPotosi? (Dept.) 606 $aEnvironmental degradation$zPeru$zHuancavelica 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSilver mines and mining$xHistory. 615 0$aSilver mines and mining$xHealth aspects 615 0$aSilver mines and mining$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aMercury mines and mining$xHistory. 615 0$aMercury mines and mining$xHealth aspects 615 0$aMercury mines and mining$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aIndians, Treatment of$xHistory. 615 0$aIndians, Treatment of$xHistory. 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation 676 $a363.738/49 700 $aRobins$b Nicholas A.$f1964-$0911471 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461471203321 996 $aMercury, mining, and empire$92041189 997 $aUNINA