{"product_id":"mercury-mining-and-empire-the-human-and-ecological-cost-of-colonial-silver-mining-in-the-andes-9780253356512","title":"Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and silver production processes and related labor systems, \u003ci\u003eMercury, Mining, and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas A. Robins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253356512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas A. Robins is a lecturer in the Department of History at North Carolina State University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eNative Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2005) and editor (with Adam Jones) of \u003ci\u003eGenocides by the Oppressed: Subaltern Genocide in Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2009), among other works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40302939537523,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_79da416a-535b-427c-987b-4d88559b1418.jpg?v=1658842214","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mercury-mining-and-empire-the-human-and-ecological-cost-of-colonial-silver-mining-in-the-andes-9780253356512","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}