Mercury, mining, and empire the human and ecological cost of colonial silver mining in the Andes / [electronic resource] :
Nicholas A. Robins.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
- xiv, 298 p. : maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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