A history of mining in Latin America [electronic resource] : from the colonial era to the present / Kendall W. Brown.
Material type: TextSeries: Diálogos series | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)ISBN:- 9780826351074
- 0826351077
- 333.8098 23
- HD9537.B53 B76 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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