Mercury, Mining, and Empire

The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Latin America, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Public Health, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science
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Author: Nicholas A. Robins ISBN: 9780253005380
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: July 25, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Nicholas A. Robins
ISBN: 9780253005380
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: July 25, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

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, was—and still is—chained to it.

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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, was—and still is—chained to it.

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