Mercury, mining, and empire
the human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes
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Author
Publication
2011 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
Language
English
Word Count
74,500 words, Guess
Page Count
298 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25018097M
- ISBN-139780253356512
- ISBN-100253356512
- OCLC Control Number663954301
- Library of Congress Control Number2011001625
Classifications
- DDC363.738/49
- LCCHD9537.B63 P676 2011
Description
"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."--pub. desc.
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