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

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Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2011.

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Contents	Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Amalgamating an Empire; 2. Toxic Travails: Mining in Huancavelica; 3. Blood Silver; 4. Connecting the Drops:The Wider Human and Environmental Costs; 5. From Corrosion to Collapse:The Destruction of Native Communities; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	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
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	Silver mines and mining -- Bolivia -- Potosí (Department) -- History.
	Silver mines and mining.
	Bolivia -- Potosí (Department)
	History.
	Silver mines and mining -- Health aspects -- Bolivia -- Potosí (Department)
	Bolivia.
	Silver mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Bolivia -- Potosí (Department)
	Silver mines and mining -- Environmental aspects.
	Mercury mines and mining -- Peru -- Huancavelica -- History.
	Mercury mines and mining.
	Peru -- Huancavelica.
	Mercury mines and mining -- Health aspects -- Peru -- Huancavelica.
	Peru.
	Mercury mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Peru -- Huancavelica.
	Mercury mines and mining -- Environmental aspects.
	Indians, Treatment of -- Bolivia -- Potosí (Department) -- History.
	Indians, Treatment of.
	Indians, Treatment of -- Peru -- Huancavelica -- History.
	Environmental degradation -- Bolivia -- Potosí (Department)
	Environmental degradation.
	Environmental degradation -- Peru -- Huancavelica.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Robins, Nicholas A. Mercury, Mining, and Empire : The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253356512
ISBN	9780253005380 (electronic book)
	0253005388 (electronic book)
	9780253356512
	0253356512
Standard No.	9786613235916

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

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