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A History of Mining in Latin America : From the Colonial Era to the Present

Name: A History of Mining in Latin America : From the Colonial Era to the Present
ISBN: 9780826351074

Kendall Brown

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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 symbolized 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.

All of this occurred in the name of wealth for individual entrepreneurs, companies, and the ruling states. Yet the question remains of how much economic development mining managed to produce in Latin America and what were its social and ecological consequences.

Brown's focus on the legendary mines at Potosí and comparison of its operations to those of other mines in Latin America is a well-written and accessible study that is the first to span the colonial era to the present.

Part of the Diálogos Series of Latin American Studies

Categorie:

History - Latin American History

Anno:

2012

Casa editrice:

University of New Mexico Press

Lingua:

english

Pagine:

282

ISBN 10: