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Quecksilber, Bergbau und Imperium: Menschliche & ökologische Kosten des kolonialen Silberbergbaus
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- Artikelzustand
- Topic
- Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Mining, Public Health, Latin America / General, Latin America / South America, Native American
- Subject
- Books on Collecting
- ISBN
- 9780253356512
- Book Title
- Mercury, Mining, and Empire : the Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science, Medical, History
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 23.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253356512
ISBN-13
9780253356512
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99634487
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mercury, Mining, and Empire : the Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Mining, Public Health, Latin America / General, Latin America / South America, Native American
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, Medical, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd9537.B63p676 2011
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
Robins draws on a wealth of primary sources and relevant secondary literature. In vigorous prose, he details the technology used in mines and refining mills and the horrific conditions that workers faced., "Overall, the book should appeal to a broad audience and could be read by undergraduates.... The book is rich in evidence and anecdotes about the wretched conditions that so many indigenous peoples faced throughout the colonial period." -Environmental History, "The book itself is a distinguished contribution to the polemic on mining, colonialism, and socio-environmental degradation. It will make for a strong addition to undergraduate and graduate lists. Robins's synthetic skills, the descriptive richness of the historical source work, the verve of the writing, and the passion of the argument, all combine to make Mercury, Mining, and Empire a book [with which] to be reckoned...." -H-Environment, August 2012, This is interdisciplinary history at its best. A path-breaking study that... will certainly be a 'must-read' book., Robins (North Carolina State Univ.) reconstructs the practically unknown history of the environmental and health consequences of mining mercury in colonial Peru and Bolivia. Using a wide range of primary documents and an impressive interdisciplinary approach, the author illustrates the dramatic impact of mercury on mineworkers, mining towns, and the local ecosystem. Through the analysis of colonial sources (chronicles, letters, and archival documentation) as well as the use of scientific methods, Robins is able to estimate the mercury concentrations in the mines of Huancavelica and Potosí and the impact on workers' and residents' health, arguing that mercury was responsible for the death and poisoning of 'hundreds of thousands of people' at the time. Placing this environmental story in the larger history of Spanish colonization and colonial mining, the author shows the relationship between mercury poisoning and the exploitation of indigenous people through the mita system--the labor draft that forced Andean communities to provide labor for mining. Overall, this is a fantastic book that brings together environmental, labor, and colonial history, confirming the contributions of environmental studies to understanding the past. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students/faculty. --Choice, "This book contributes in important and novel ways to the understanding of the dramatic environmental and social consequences of silver mining as carried out from mid-16th century to late 18th century in the then Spanish viceroyalty of Peru." -Academia.edu, "Robins underscores mining's devastating heritage throughout this well-substantiated work, which will appeal to historians of mining, the economy, and those interested in the effects of global capitalism on the environment." -Colonial Latin American Historical Review, "An astonishing history of the destruction of colonial Indian communities in Peru and Bolivia. Robins has woven deep archival research with modern science to identify and interpret the consequences of silver production and toxic exposure to mercury. This is trans-disciplinary research at its very best." -John Vandenberg, Duke University, This book contributes in important and novel ways to the understanding of the dramatic environmental and social consequences of silver mining as carried out from mid-16th century to late 18th century in the then Spanish viceroyalty of Peru., "This is interdisciplinary history at its best. A path-breaking study that... will certainly be a 'must-read' book." -- David Cahill, University of New South Wales, "Beyond being a well-written, coherent, thorough and compelling story, Robin's work offers us an indispensable cautionary tale." -Environmental Philosophy, Beyond being a well-written, coherent, thorough and compelling story, Robin's work offers us an indispensable cautionary tale., "Overall, this is a fantastic book that brings together environmental, labor, and colonial history, confirming the contributions of environmental studies to understanding the past.... Highly recommended." -Choice, "Robins combines archival work and reading of published primary materials, air pollution modeling, and knowledge of medical research on health effects of mercury exposure in a superb treatment of Andean colonial mining." -HAHR, Overall, the book should appeal to a broad audience and could be read by undergraduates. . . . The book is rich in evidence and anecdotes about the wretched conditions that so many indigenous peoples faced throughout the colonial period., "This is interdisciplinary history at its best. A path-breaking study that... Will certainly be a 'must-read' book." David Cahill, University of New South Wales"Overall, this is a fantastic book that brings together environmental, labor, and colonial history, confirming the contributions of environmental studies to understanding the past. ... Highly recommended." Choice , March 2012"The book itself is a distinguished contribution to the polemic on mining, colonialism, and socio-environmental degradation. It will make for a strong addition to undergraduate and graduate lists. Robins's synthetic skills, the descriptive richness of the historical source work, the verve of the writing, and the passion of the argument, all combine to make Mercury, Mining, and Empire a book to be reckoned with." Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert, H-Environment , August 2012"In Mercury, Mining and Empire, Nicholas Robins provides a superbly researched piece of interdisciplinary history that argues that the post-Conquest genocide of the indigenous population of what is now Bolivia and Peru occurred as a result of a highly exploitative system of silver and mercury mining. Thus Robins analyzes a 'double genocide' that initially entailed the death of up to ninety percent of the indigenous peoples due to illnesses brought to the Americas by the Spanish, and continued with the subsequent genocidal destruction wrought by the toxic effects of the emerging mining industry." - Journal of Genocide Research , 2012, With meticulous research and vivid prose, Nicholas A. Robins examines silver mining's human cost in the royal mercury mines of Huancavelica, Peru, and the silver mines of Potosi., Robins (North Carolina State Univ.) reconstructs the practically unknown history of the environmental and health consequences of mining mercury in colonial Peru and Bolivia. Using a wide range of primary documents and an impressive interdisciplinary approach, the author illustrates the dramatic impact of mercury on mineworkers, mining towns, and the local ecosystem. Through the analysis of colonial sources (chronicles, letters, and archival documentation) as well as the use of scientific methods, Robins is able to estimate the mercury concentrations in the mines of Huancavelica and Potosi and the impact on workers' and residents' health, arguing that mercury was responsible for the death and poisoning of 'hundreds of thousands of people' at the time. Placing this environmental story in the larger history of Spanish colonization and colonial mining, the author shows the relationship between mercury poisoning and the exploitation of indigenous people through the mita system--the labor draft that forced Andean communities to provide labor for mining. Overall, this is a fantastic book that brings together environmental, labor, and colonial history, confirming the contributions of environmental studies to understanding the past. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students/faculty. --Choice A. Vergara, California State University, Los Angeles, March 2012--A. Vergara, California State University, Los Angeles (01/01/2012), "Robins draws on a wealth of primary sources and relevant secondary literature. In vigorous prose, he details the technology used in mines and refining mills and the horrific conditions that workers faced." -Business History Review, "In Mercury, Mining and Empire, Nicholas Robins provides a superbly researched piece of interdisciplinary history that argues that the post-Conquest genocide of the indigenous population of what is now Bolivia and Peru occurred as a result of a highly exploitative system of silver and mercury mining. Thus Robins analyzes a 'double genocide' that initially entailed the death of up to ninety percent of the indigenous peoples due to illnesses brought to the Americas by the Spanish, and continued with the subsequent genocidal destruction wrought by the toxic effects of the emerging mining industry." -Journal of Genocide Research, The book itself is a distinguished contribution to the polemic on mining, colonialism, and socio-environmental degradation. It will make for a strong addition to undergraduate and graduate lists. Robins's synthetic skills, the descriptive richness of the historical source work, the verve of the writing, and the passion of the argument, all combine to make Mercury, Mining, and Empire a book [with which] to be reckoned...., "The book itself is a distinguished contribution to the polemic on mining, colonialism, and socio-environmental degradation. It will make for a strong addition to undergraduate and graduate lists. Robins's synthetic skills, the descriptive richness of the historical source work, the verve of the writing, and the passion of the argument, all combine to make Mercury, Mining, and Empire a book [with which] to be reckoned...." - H-Environment, August 2012, "An astonishing history of the destruction of colonial Indian communities in Peru and Bolivia. Robins has woven deep archival research with modern science to identify and interpret the consequences of silver production and toxic exposure to mercury. This is trans-disciplinary research at its very best." -- John Vandenberg, Duke University, "This is interdisciplinary history at its best. A path-breaking study that... will certainly be a 'must-read' book." -David Cahill, University of New South Wales, "With meticulous research and vivid prose, Nicholas A. Robins examines silver mining's human cost in the royal mercury mines of Huancavelica, Peru, and the silver mines of Potosi." -American Historical Review, Overall, the book should appeal to a broad audience and could be read by undergraduates.... The book is rich in evidence and anecdotes about the wretched conditions that so many indigenous peoples faced throughout the colonial period., Overall, this is a fantastic book that brings together environmental, labor, and colonial history, confirming the contributions of environmental studies to understanding the past. . . . Highly recommended., An astonishing history of the destruction of colonial Indian communities in Peru and Bolivia. Robins has woven deep archival research with modern science to identify and interpret the consequences of silver production and toxic exposure to mercury. This is trans-disciplinary research at its very best., Robins combines archival work and reading of published primary materials, air pollution modeling, and knowledge of medical research on health effects of mercury exposure in a superb treatment of Andean colonial mining., Overall, this is a fantastic book that brings together environmental, labor, and colonial history, confirming the contributions of environmental studies to understanding the past.... Highly recommended.
Table of Content
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
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2011-001625
Dewey Decimal
363.738/49
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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