Mercury, Mining Free

Author: Nicholas A. Robins
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B008561F0K
Category: Medical

Mercury, Mining, and Empire

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 PotosA, in present-day Bolivia. Download Mercury, Mining medical books for free.
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 th Get Mercury, Mining our bestseller medical books.

Mercury, Mining Free

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 th

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