Mercury, mining, and empire : the human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes /
"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 inte...
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
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