Santa Bárbara’s Legacy: An Environmental History of Huancavelica, Peru: Brill's Series in the History of the Environment, cartea 5
Autor Nicholas A. Robinsen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 mai 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004339781
ISBN-10: 9004339787
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:Approx. 235 Pp
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Brill's Series in the History of the Environment
ISBN-10: 9004339787
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:Approx. 235 Pp
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Brill's Series in the History of the Environment
Cuprins
Acknowledgements ix
Glossary xi
Introduction 1
1. Huaca-villca: From Geological Formation to Spanish Conquest 21
2. The Pachacuti: Colonization, Catastrophe and the Rise of Mercury 36
3. “A Horrible Business”: The Mita 73
4. The Bourbon Era: Reform and Resentment 96
5. “They All Come to Die”: Mining, Mishaps and Mercurialism 108
6. Desuetude, Decay and Neglect: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 141
Epilogue 155
Bibliography 165
Appendix 199
Table 1 Total mercury (Hg) in soil in mg/kg remedial investigation Huancavelica, Peru 199
Table 2 Total mercury in Earthen homes (dust, walls, floors, and vapor) remedial investigation Huancavelica, Peru 201
Table 3 Mercury, Arsenic and Lead in Huancavelica and area rock samples 2015 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 2015 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 204
Table 4 Food stock, water, and sediment sample results 2016 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 206
Table 5 Residential vapor results 2015 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 208
Table 6 Soil sample results using X-ray florescence 2016 field event Huancavelica, Peru 209
Table 7 Total mercury in fish tissue 2016 field event Huancavelica, Peru 212
Table 8 Residential sample results using X-ray fluorescence 2016 field event Huancavelica. Peru 213
Index 215
Glossary xi
Introduction 1
1. Huaca-villca: From Geological Formation to Spanish Conquest 21
2. The Pachacuti: Colonization, Catastrophe and the Rise of Mercury 36
3. “A Horrible Business”: The Mita 73
4. The Bourbon Era: Reform and Resentment 96
5. “They All Come to Die”: Mining, Mishaps and Mercurialism 108
6. Desuetude, Decay and Neglect: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 141
Epilogue 155
Bibliography 165
Appendix 199
Table 1 Total mercury (Hg) in soil in mg/kg remedial investigation Huancavelica, Peru 199
Table 2 Total mercury in Earthen homes (dust, walls, floors, and vapor) remedial investigation Huancavelica, Peru 201
Table 3 Mercury, Arsenic and Lead in Huancavelica and area rock samples 2015 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 2015 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 204
Table 4 Food stock, water, and sediment sample results 2016 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 206
Table 5 Residential vapor results 2015 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 208
Table 6 Soil sample results using X-ray florescence 2016 field event Huancavelica, Peru 209
Table 7 Total mercury in fish tissue 2016 field event Huancavelica, Peru 212
Table 8 Residential sample results using X-ray fluorescence 2016 field event Huancavelica. Peru 213
Index 215
Notă biografică
Nicholas A. Robins holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University and is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of History at North Carolina State University. He is the author of numerous books concerning Latin America, and founder of the non-profit Environmental Health Council.
Recenzii
"Based on a wide range of primary documents, this very accessible and well-researched book on the historical evolution of mercury mining in Peru from the pre-Columbian era to the present explores the characteristics of production and its environmental consequences. [...] Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries" - A. Vergara, California State University, Los Angeles, in: Choice, February 2018