A history of mining in Latin America : from the colonial era to the present /

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For twenty-five years, the author studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. The author read about the flood of silver that flowed from its Cerro Rico and learned of the toil of its miners. Potosí symbolized fabulous we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Kendall W., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012
Colección:Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Temas:
Silver mines and mining > Bolivia > Potosí > History.
Mines and mineral resources > Latin America > History.
Argent > Mines et extraction > Bolivie > Potosí > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Mines and mineral resources
Silver mines and mining
Bolivia > Potosí
Latin America
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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