Mercury, mining, and empire : the human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes / / Nicholas A. Robins
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| Autore: |
Robins Nicholas A. <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Mercury, mining, and empire : the human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes / / Nicholas A. Robins
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.738/49 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mercury, mining, and empire |
| ISBN: | 1-283-23591-9 |
| 9786613235916 | |
| 0-253-00538-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789738903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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