Mercury, Mining, and Empire : the Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes.

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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 PotosÃ|#x00AD;, in present-day Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robins, Nicholas A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1600-1699
Silver mines and mining > Bolivia > Potosí (Department) > History.
Silver mines and mining > Health aspects > Bolivia > Potosí (Department)
Silver mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Bolivia > Potosí (Department)
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 (Department) > History.
Indians, Treatment of > Peru > Huancavelica > History.
Environmental degradation > Bolivia > Potosí (Department)
Environmental degradation > Peru > Huancavelica.
Mercury > Toxicology.
Medicine > History > 17th century.
Mining > history
Silver > history
Mercury > history
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects
Mercury Poisoning
History, 17th Century
Indians, South American > ethnology
Argent > Mines et extraction > Bolivie > Potosí (Département) > Histoire.
Argent > Mines et extraction > Aspect de l'environnement > Bolivie > Potosí (Département)
Mercure > Mines et extraction > Pérou > Huancavelica > Histoire.
Mercure > Mines et extraction > Aspect de l'environnement > Pérou > Huancavelica.
Environnement > Dégradation > Bolivie > Potosí (Département)
Environnement > Dégradation > Pérou > Huancavelica.
Mercure > Toxicologie.
Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Mercury > Toxicology
Medicine
Environmental degradation
Indians, Treatment of
Mercury mines and mining
Mercury mines and mining > Environmental aspects
Silver mines and mining
Silver mines and mining > Environmental aspects
Silvergruvor > historia > Sydamerika.
Kvicksilvergruvor > historia > Sydamerika.
Bolivia > ethnology
Peru > ethnology
Bolivia > Potosí (Department)
Peru > Huancavelica
History
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