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Summary:

"Rocio Gomez studies how the silver mining industry affected water resources and public health in the city of Zacatecas, Mexico, from 1835 to 1946"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• A Note about Mine Names
• Introduction
• 1. Underground Bodies
• 2. The Home
• 3. The City
• 4. The Body as Land
• 5. The Body as Nation
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Author/Creator:

Gomez, Rocio (Professor of Latin American history) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Silver veins, dusty lungs: mining, water, and public health in Zacatecas, 1835-1946 [by Gomez, R.]

Related Series:

Mexican experience

Subjects:

Water-supply — Health aspects — Mexico — Zacatecas (State) — History

Silver mines and mining — Environmental aspects — Mexico — Zacatecas (State) — History

Silver mines and mining — Health aspects — Mexico — Zacatecas (State) — History

Public health — Mexico — Zacatecas (State) — History

Environmental health — Mexico — Zacatecas (State) — History

Zacatecas (Mexico : State) — Environmental conditions

Water-supply — Health aspects

Water-supply

Silver mines and mining — Environmental aspects

Silver mines and mining

Public health

Environmental health

Environmental conditions

Mexico — Zacatecas (State)

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

RA593.M6 G66 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781496221582 (electronic bk.)
1496221583 (electronic bk.)
9781496221117 [Invalid]
1496221117 [Invalid]
9780803290891 [Invalid]
0803290896 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1152523115

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6184214 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp16747040