An abandoned mine shaft in the mountains of copiapo, chile. From cell phones to cars and roadways, metal pots to. Latin america mining market outlook to 2017 new mining. The term latin america primarily refers to the spanish and portuguesespeaking countries in the new world. Resource extraction in latin america is central to its history and the silver mostly was important in world trade, from china to portugal. Five best books about latin american history sounds and. This makes latin america the first destination for mining investment. A history of mining in latin america university of new.
It has a long history of abuseenvironmental and laborand booms. This region, high in the andes, is so rich in both silver and tin that it eventually has as many as 5000 working mines. Over the past five hundred years, north americans have increasingly turned to mining to produce many of their basic social and cultural objects. The mining and commodity boom allowed latin america to have the best economic performance in decades, helping to increase public expenditures, reduce poverty and expand the middle class. Brazil in colonial times produced gold and diamonds.
Spaniards found a little gold in the caribbean but in mexico and the andes discovered more gold and incredibly rich silver lodes. Browns focus on the legendary mines at potosi and comparison of its operations to those of other mines in latin america is a wellwritten and accessible study that is the first to span the colonial era to the present. In 20, 29 percent of all global mining investment was undertaken in latin america due to the their relative proximity to the united states and canada, mineralrich landmass. For twentyfive years, kendall brown studied potosi, spanish americas greatest silver producer and perhaps the worlds most famous mining district. The book further explores the global and international causes, consequences and innovations of this new era of mining activity in latin america. Latin americas governments and its indigenous peoples are clashing over the issue of mining. Historiography of colonial spanish america wikipedia. It begins with a brief summary of european colonialism, laying the groundwork for the succeeding chapters on the history of the independent nationstates that make up modern latin america.
Mining history in the united states, written by albert s. Book summary views reflect the number of visits to the book and chapter landing pages. When i first saw sounds and colours ask for a list of the top books in latin american history, i assumed such a list would come easily to me. Moreover, the sound management of the windfall in most countries implied that the financial crisis of 2008 did not significantly affect the region, a grand feat in a region prone to deep macroeconomic crises. This volume focuses on latin america, since it was mainly there that europeans or their colonial descendants actually engaged in mining in the 16th19th centuries. The cambridge history of latin america edited by leslie bethell december 1984. Centuries later, the mining of industrial minerals in latin america provided raw materials important in the industrialization process. Canadian companies now operate 80 mining projects in the region and have 48 more at the development or feasibility stage. A history of mining in latin america brown, kendall w.
The key contention in the book is that industrial change is the driving. Latinamerica press has published a special online edition, containing articles, reports and analyses about mining activities and their effects in countries throughout the region. This book covers well over 200 years of latin american history. The conference on latin american history, the organization of latin. The wealth of spains new colonies in latin america derives mainly from silver. Potosi symbolized fabulous wealth and unbelievable suffering. Published by university of new mexico press brown, kendall w. It covers an array of minerals and geographies while bringing mining into the core debates that animate north american environmental history. Discover librarianselected research resources on latin american history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more.
The cambridge economic history of latin america edited by. Brown, 9780826351067, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Indigenous people and resistance to mining projects. It is associated with the opening of the frontier and the rise of the united states as an industrial power but also with social upheaval, the dispossession of. Mining in colonial spanish america chapter 4 the cambridge. Lane have published latin america in colonial times for the textbook market. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
The latin american region has been experiencing a boom of investment in the mining sector, as predicted by the copper study center of chile cesco. The major motor of the spanish colonial economy was silver mining, which. Cambridge core regional history after 1500 the cambridge economic history of latin america edited by victor bulmerthomas. From the colonial era to the present dialogos series. In many ways the story of latin america, or at least the history of several countries in the region, has also been the history of mining. Resilience and better financial positions built over past years will shield miners, fitch says. The historiography of spanish america has a long history. The mining and commodity boom allowed latin america to have the best economic. Natural resources, extraction and indigenous rights in. The final chapter, which ends the book with a short conclusion, highlights the. Mining north america an environmental history since 1522. From the colonial era to the present by kendall brown available from rakuten kobo.
A history of mining in latin america is a solid addition to mining history literature and will serve as a starting point for much future work on this manyfaceted subject. He read about the flood of silver that flowed from its cerro rico and learned of the toil of its miners. When those resources are located in indigenous lands where the residents oppose extraction, conflict is frequent. Bolles 1879, from the book industrial history of the united states, volume iv. Mining in latin america ebook by 97817414490 rakuten. Kendall w brown mining has played a prominent role in the history of latin america. The death of aztec tenochtitlan, the life of mexico city joe r. Before the arrival of europeans in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the region was home to many indigenous peoples, a number of which had advanced civilizations, most notably from south. A history of mining in latin america is the result of two decades of research by. We argued that since the early 1990s, the extraction of subsoil resources in latin america has taken on forms that are fundamentally different from those of earlier periods, notwithstanding the long histories of mining and hydrocarbon investment within which contemporary extraction is. Latin america has experienced a real mining boom during the past 2 decades.
List of books and articles about latin american history. Mining in latin america from conflict to cooperation. Health impact of artisanal gold mining in latin america urban mining book talk. Discover the best latin american history in best sellers. The first world economy, and mining and metallurgical technologies flowed to and from the americas. A note in which it is argued that the barreteros, the faceworkers in the mines in latin america in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, had attitudes to work and political protest that could be. All of this occurred in the name of wealth for individual entrepreneurs, companies, and the ruling states. The mining industry in north america has a rich and conflicted history.
This consistent trend holds true in latin america, where largescale canadian companies control approximately 50 to 70 percent of the regions mining industries 1. Mexico, central america and the caribbean were not net winners from the growth in china. Ideas for books to include, of course, have come easily, but it has been more difficult to select those to highlight. Arguing that such struggles are an integral part of the new extractive economy in latin america, the authors document the increasingly conflictive character of these interactions, raising important challenges for theory, for policy, and for social research methodologies. Five best books about latin american history by ryan schumacher 08 october, 2015. Critical approaches to the new extraction routledge studies of the extractive industries and sustainable development 1st edition. Key issues include the role of canadian mining companies and their investment in the region, and, to a. In 1997, latin americas largest miner companhia vale do rio doce cvrd was privatized. From the colonial era to the present dialogos kindle edition by brown, kendall w download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Mining history in the united states legends of america. In this book, the uneclac united nations economic commission for latin america and the caribbean. Big miners have a better record than their critics claim. Taken all together, the essays in this book make a powerful case for the centrality of mining in. Governments, motivated by economic growth, have established legal frameworks to attract foreign investments to extract mining resources. Yet the question remains of how much economic development mining managed to produce in latin america and what were its social and ecological consequences. New world silver served as the medium of exchange for northern european manufactured goods, chinese tea, african slaves, and other commodities and services. Many latin american states are welcoming canadian mining companies to. This dashboard allows you to explore active, canadian owned mines in latin america. This book explores extractive conflicts between indigenous populations, the government and oil and mining companies in latin america, namely mexico, peru and bolivia. After decades of moderate activity, most countries in latin america have experienced a dramatic increase in mining operations due to attractive metals prices and the need to generate more government revenue. But it is up to governments to balance the interests of diggers, locals and the nation. The brutal history of antilatino discrimination in america.
However, in many cases the economic importance of industries such as mining and oil condition the way that governments implement the right to prior consultation. Written by the editors, the first two chapters provide a conceptual orientation to the subsoil in the context of political ecology, and a highly usable overview of regional investment trends in oil, gas, and mining. Bharat book bureau presents latin america mining market outlook to 2017 new mining projects. Mining latin american studies oxford bibliographies. The principal metals produced, and in prodigious quantities, were silver, in the spanish colonies, and gold, mainly in brazil in the 18th century. This book focuses mostly on potosi, but also considers peru, mexico and brazil. In 1992 the world bank began to push for privatization of governmentowned mining companies with a new set of codes, beginning with its report the strategy for african mining. In november, 1986, the institution of mining and metallurgy held the mining latin americalmineria latinoamericana conference in chile a conference covering a broad range of topics relevant to south america and, in that sense, complementary to its regional asian mining and african mining series of events.
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