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Santa Bárbara’s Legacy

An Environmental History of Huancavelica, Peru

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvNicholas A. Robins,Nicholas a. Robins,Nicholas A Robins

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In Santa Bárbara’s Legacy: An Environmental History of Huancavelica, Peru, Nicholas A. Robins presents the first comprehensive environmental history of a mercury producing region in Latin America. Tracing the origins, rise and decline of the regional population and economy from pre-history to the present, Robins explores how people’s multifaceted, intimate and often toxic relationship with their environment has resulted in Huancavelica being among the most mercury-contaminated urban areas on earth. The narrative highlights issues of environmental justice and the toxic burdens that contemporary residents confront, especially many of those who live in adobe homes and are exposed to mercury, as well as lead and arsenic, on a daily basis. The work incorporates archival and printed primary sources as well as scientific research led by the author.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-05-18
Mått155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt521 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrill's Series in the History of the Environment
Antal sidor228
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004339781

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Acknowledgements ixGlossary xiIntroduction 11. Huaca-villca: From Geological Formation to Spanish Conquest 212. The Pachacuti: Colonization, Catastrophe and the Rise of Mercury 363. “A Horrible Business”: The Mita 734. The Bourbon Era: Reform and Resentment 965. “They All Come to Die”: Mining, Mishaps and Mercurialism 1086. Desuetude, Decay and Neglect: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 141Epilogue 155Bibliography 165Appendix 199Table 1 Total mercury (Hg) in soil in mg/kg remedial investigation Huancavelica, Peru 199Table 2 Total mercury in Earthen homes (dust, walls, floors, and vapor) remedial investigation Huancavelica, Peru 201Table 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 206Table 5 Residential vapor results 2015 pilot study Huancavelica, Peru 208Table 6 Soil sample results using X-ray florescence 2016 field event Huancavelica, Peru 209Table 7 Total mercury in fish tissue 2016 field event Huancavelica, Peru 212Table 8 Residential sample results using X-ray fluorescence 2016 field event Huancavelica. Peru 213Index 215

"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