Author: Arthur Preston WhitakerPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Huancavelica Mercury Mine
Author: Arthur Preston WhitakerPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Huancavelica Mercury Mine
Author: Arthur Preston WhitakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
To Air is Human
Author: Craig Douglas ScribnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air quality
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Mercury, Mining, and Empire
Author: Nicholas A. RobinsPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253005388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
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 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.
The Huancavelica Mercury Mine
Author: Arthur Preston WhitakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Huancavelica (Peru : City)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Geology and Paleontology of the Huancavelica Mercury District
Author: Edward Wilber BerryPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021705105
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A detailed study of the geology, mineralogy, and paleontology of a major mercury mining district in Peru. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Geology and Paleontology of the Huancavelica Mercury District
Author: Edward Wilber BerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining
Author: Luiz D.de LacerdaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642587933
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Due to its inherent characteristics, mercury contamination from gold mining is a major environmental problem compared to past mercury contamination from industrial point sources. The worsening of social-economical conditions and increasing gold prices in the late 1970s resulted in a new rush for gold by individual entrepreneurs for whom Hg amalgamation is a cheap and easily carried out operation. Even after the present-day mining areas are exhausted, the mercury left behind will remain part of the biochemical cycle of the tropical forest. This book reviews the current information on mercury from gold mining, its cycling in the environment and its long-term ecotoxicological impact. The book is illustrated with numerous diagrams and photographs.
Santa Bárbara’s Legacy
Author: Nicholas A. RobinsPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004343792
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Santa Bárbara’s Legacy: An Environmental History of Huancavelica, Peru, Nicholas A. Robins presents the first comprehensive environmental history of a mercury producing region in Latin America. Tracing the origins, rise and decline of the regional population and economy from pre-history to the present, Robins explores how people’s multifaceted, intimate and often toxic relationship with their environment has resulted in Huancavelica being among the most mercury-contaminated urban areas on earth. The narrative highlights issues of environmental justice and the toxic burdens that contemporary residents confront, especially many of those who live in adobe homes and are exposed to mercury, as well as lead and arsenic, on a daily basis. The work incorporates archival and printed primary sources as well as scientific research led by the author.
Compendium and Description of the West Indies
Author: Antonio Vázquez de EspinosaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description