• A history of mining in Latin America : from the colonial era to the present
  • Record Type: Electronic resources : monographic
    Title Information: from the colonial era to the present
    Author: BrownKendall W., 1949-
    Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    Place of Publication: Albuquerque
    Published: University of New Mexico Press;
    Year of Publication: 2012
    Description: 1 online resource (280 p.).
    Series: Diálogos series
    Subject: Mines and mineral resources - History - Latin America -
    Subject: Silver mines and mining - History - Bolivia -
    Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826351074/
    Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
    ISBN: 9780826351074electronic bk.
    ISBN: 0826351077electronic bk.
    ISBN: 9780826351067pbk.
    ISBN: 0826351069pbk.
    Content Note: 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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