A history of mining in Latin America : from the colonial era to the present

A history of mining in Latin America : from the colonial era to the present / Kendall W. Brown.

For twenty-five years, the author studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. The author read about the flood of silver that flowed from its Cerro Rico and learned of the toil of its miners. Potosí symbolized fabulous we...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Kendall W., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012
Series:Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects:
Silver mines and mining > Bolivia > Potosí > History.
Mines and mineral resources > Latin America > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Mines and mineral resources
Silver mines and mining
Bolivia > Potosí
Latin America
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The lure of gold, the wealth of silver
  • Potosí and colonial Latin American mining
  • Spanish and Portuguese colonialism and mining labor
  • Workers' response to colonial mining
  • New nations resurrect their mining industry
  • The technological and social dimensions of modern mining
  • Miners and revolution
  • Mining, harmony, and the environment.

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