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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

Environmental degradation --Bolivia --Potosi ́ (Dept.). --- Environmental degradation --Peru --Huancavelica. --- Indians, Treatment of --Bolivia --Potosi ́ (Dept.) --History. --- Indians, Treatment of --Peru --Huancavelica --History. --- Mercury mines and mining --Environmental aspects --Peru --Huancavelica. --- Mercury mines and mining --Health aspects --Peru --Huancavelica. --- Mercury mines and mining --Peru --Huancavelica --History. --- Silver mines and mining --Bolivia --Potosi ́ (Dept.) --History. --- Silver mines and mining --Environmental aspects --Bolivia --Potosi ́ (Dept.). --- Silver mines and mining --Health aspects --Bolivia --Potosi ́ (Dept.). --- Silver mines and mining --- Environmental degradation --- Mercury mines and mining --- Indians, Treatment of --- Metals, Heavy --- Environmental Pollution --- Transition Elements --- American Native Continental Ancestry Group --- Poisoning --- Extraction and Processing Industry --- History, Modern 1601 --- -Continental Population Groups --- Public Health --- Elements --- Metals --- Industry --- History --- Substance-Related Disorders --- Inorganic Chemicals --- Population Groups --- Diseases --- Environment and Public Health --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Humanities --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Persons --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Health Care --- Named Groups --- Indians, South American --- Mining --- Silver --- Mercury --- History, 17th Century --- Mercury Poisoning --- Environmental Exposure --- Business & Economics --- Industries --- Health aspects --- Environmental aspects --- History. --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Mercury industry and trade --- Mines and mineral resources --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Indians --- Government relations --- E-books