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Kendall W. Brown - History of Mining in Latin America - 9780826351067 - V9780826351067
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History of Mining in Latin America

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Description for History of Mining in Latin America Paperback. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; TTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.

For twenty-five years, Kendall Brown studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. He read about the flood of silver that flowed from its Cerro Rico and learned of the toil of its miners. Potosí symbolised fabulous wealth and unbelievable suffering. New World bullion stimulated the formation of the first world economy but at the same time it had profound consequences for labor, as mine operators and refiners resorted to extreme forms of coercion to secure workers. In many cases the environment also suffered devastating harm.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Dialogos
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826351067
SKU
V9780826351067
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