Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes
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| Title | : | Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes |
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (938 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253356512 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2011-07-25 |
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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 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 story of how native peoples in the region were conscripted into the noxious ranks of foot soldiers of proto-globalism, and how their fate, and that of their communities, wasand still ischained to it.
Editorial : "This book contributes in important and novel ways to the understanding of the dramatic environmental and social consequences of silver mining as carried out from mid-16th century to late 18th century in the then Spanish viceroyalty of Peru." Academia
"This is interdisciplinary history at its best. A path-breaking study that will certainly be a 'must-read' book." David Cahill, University of New South Wales
"Robins underscores mining's devastating heritage throughout this well-substantiated work, which will appeal to historians of mining, the economy, and those interested in the effects of global capitalism on the environment." Colonial Latin American Historical Review
"One of the many strengths of this impressive book is Robins’s use of wholly independent data sets (historical/archival and environmental studies). These intersect and make for a convincing case study. The sixty pages of endnotes, apart from a glossary a
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