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Miners of the Red Mountain

Author : Peter John Bakewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miners of the Red Mountain written by Peter John Bakewell and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assumptions and speculation about the Spanish conquerors' treatment of the indigenous miners at Potosí, Peru, have long obscured the complexity of the motives in mining there. Peter Bakewell's innovative study incorporates the Indians' viewpoints, finding that they were willing to work for the Spaniards. Many of them quickly combined their technical skills and individual initiative to become the first silver mining entrepreneurs of Potosí. Although Indian entrepreneurship declined after the 1750s, a substantial portion of the native work force retained more control over its condition of labor and life than previously recognized. -- From publisher's description.

Miners of the Red Mountain : Indian Labor in Potosí, 1545-1650

Author : Peter Bakewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Miners of the Red Mountain : Indian Labor in Potosí, 1545-1650 written by Peter Bakewell and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mountains of Silver

Author : P. David Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781890437367
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Mountains of Silver written by P. David Smith and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little over a century ago, the Red Mountain Mining District in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado was the scene of a "silver rush" with an output of precious metals second in Colorado only to that of Leadville. In a period of less than twenty-five years, more than thirty million dollars in silver, lead, zinc, copper, and gold were taken from the rich deposits in the mines along Red Mountain Divide -- an amount roughly equivalent to a quarter billion of today's dollars. The histories of the communities that sprang into being with these mines, the railroads constructed to service them, and the men and women who lived, worked and died in them, are the threads deftly woven into the richly textured story of Mountains of Silver. It is a colorful and varied tapestry that depicts the lives of prospectors who made the first rich strikes; the land promoters, speculators, and road-and-railroad builders who capitalized on the frenzied rush to the area; and the motley collection of miners, lawyers, merchants, prostitutes, saloonkeepers, and freighters who attempted to profit from the boom.

The Red Mountain Mines

Author : Lew Vanderpoole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Red Mountain Mines written by Lew Vanderpoole and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Red Mountain Mines (Classic Reprint)

Author : Lew Vanderpoole
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334143663
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book The Red Mountain Mines (Classic Reprint) written by Lew Vanderpoole and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Red Mountain Mines Mrs. Stanley made vociferous remonstrance, but all in vain. Fail ing, she consoled herself by the thought that her husband was not born in Boston, and so could not accept matters after the manner Of people Of true enlightenment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Underground Birmingham

Author : JEFF E. NEWMAN
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992626
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Underground Birmingham written by JEFF E. NEWMAN and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Potosí Mita, 1573-1700

Author :
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804765790
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Potosí Mita, 1573-1700 written by and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1985-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Potosí, a mining center in what is now Bolivia, was the most productive source of silver in the Spanish American Empire between the mid-1500's and the late seventeenth century. Much of this success was attributable, at least initially, to the mita, a system of draft Indian labor instituted by Viceroy Francisco do Toledo in 1573 for the working of the silver mines and refineries. Bitter debate swirled around the mita during most of its 250-year history. It was assailed by its enemies as a form of servitude worse than slavery and accused of depopulating the provinces subject to it, yet it was supported by many, however reluctantly, who believed that the Spanish Empire depended on Potosí silver for its survival. The author traces the evolution of the mita from its inception to the end of the Hapsburg epoch in 1700. The primary focus is on the metamorphosis of the mita under the pressures of changing production realities at Potosí and demographic developments in the provinces from which the Indians were drafted. The author describes the role of native headmen (kurakas) in the system, the means used by Indians to evade service, and the efforts of the mining guild to tailor the mita to its needs. The secondary focus is on the Hapsburg government's administration of the mita, especially those factors that prevented the Crown or its viceroys from being fully effective.

Mines Around Silverton

Author : Karen A. Vendl and Mark A. Vendl with the San Juan County Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467132861
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Mines Around Silverton written by Karen A. Vendl and Mark A. Vendl with the San Juan County Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silverton is located in the heart of the San Juan Mountains, which have been described by H.H. Bancroft as "the wildest and most inaccessible region of Colorado, if not North America." The region has a long and colorful mining history, dating back to the Spanish exploration of the area in the 18th century. For the past 250 years, men have sought gold and silver in these mountains. However, full-scale mining did not begin until the 1870s, and for more than a century, mining was the lifeblood of Silverton and the surrounding area. The San Juan Mountains have been called one of the four great mining areas of Colorado, in a state known for its mining heritage. This is not only the story of the mines but also of the men and women who worked and lived in these rugged mountains.

Mines and Minerals

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mines and Minerals written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mining in World History

Author : Martin Lynch
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861891730
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Mining in World History written by Martin Lynch and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper. It was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious Habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for European domination. Lynch also discusses the Industrial Revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engine; the era of the gold rushes; the massive mineral developments and technological leaps forward which took place in the USA and South Africa at the end of the 19th century; and, finally, the spread of mass metal-production techniques amid the violent struggles of the 20th century. In an engaging, concise and fast-paced text, he presents the interplay of personalities, politics and technology that have shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.

Mining

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mining written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trading Roles

Author : Jane E. Mangan
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822386666
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Trading Roles written by Jane E. Mangan and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in the heart of the Andes, Potosí was arguably the most important urban center in the Western Hemisphere during the colonial era. It was internationally famous for its abundant silver mines and regionally infamous for its labor draft. Set in this context of opulence and oppression associated with the silver trade, Trading Roles emphasizes daily life in the city’s streets, markets, and taverns. As Jane E. Mangan shows, food and drink transactions emerged as the most common site of interaction for Potosinos of different ethnic and class backgrounds. Within two decades of Potosí’s founding in the 1540s, the majority of the city’s inhabitants no longer produced food or alcohol for themselves; they purchased these items. Mangan presents a vibrant social history of colonial Potosí through an investigation of everyday commerce during the city’s economic heyday, between the discovery of silver in 1545 and the waning of production in the late seventeenth century. Drawing on wills and dowries, judicial cases, town council records, and royal decrees, Mangan brings alive the bustle of trade in Potosí. She examines quotidian economic transactions in light of social custom, ethnicity, and gender, illuminating negotiations over vendor locations, kinship ties that sustained urban trade through the course of silver booms and busts, and credit practices that developed to mitigate the pressures of the market economy. Mangan argues that trade exchanges functioned as sites to negotiate identities within this colonial multiethnic society. Throughout the study, she demonstrates how women and indigenous peoples played essential roles in Potosí’s economy through the commercial transactions she describes so vividly.

Red Mountain

Author : Robert W. P. Cutler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971323506
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Red Mountain written by Robert W. P. Cutler and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Devil Is Here in These Hills

Author : James Green
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192092
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Devil Is Here in These Hills written by James Green and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I’ve ever read.” —John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary “miners’ angel,” Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown. Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, “gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

Red Lodge and the Mythic West

Author : Bonnie Christensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Red Lodge and the Mythic West written by Bonnie Christensen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tracing the story of Red Lodge from the 1880s to the present, Christensen tells how a mining town managed to endure the vagaries of the West's unpredictable extractive-industries economy. She connects Red Lodge to a myriad of larger events and historical forces to show how national and regional influences have contributed to the development of local identities, exploring how and why westerners first rejected and then embraced "western" images, and how ethnicity, wilderness, and historic preservation became part of the identity that defined one town."--BOOK JACKET.

Overlooked Places and Peoples

Author : Dana Velasco Murillo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040029663
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Overlooked Places and Peoples written by Dana Velasco Murillo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the hemispheric histories of overlooked peoples and places that shaped colonial Spanish America. This volume focuses on the experiences of Native peoples, Africans and Afro-descended peoples, and castas (individuals of mixed ancestry) living in regions perceived as fringe, marginal, or peripheral. It covers a comprehensive geographic range including northern Mexico, Central America, the Circum-Caribbean, and South America, as well as a sweeping chronological period, from the earliest colonization episodes of the sixteenth century to the twilight of Spanish rule in the late eighteenth century. The chapters highlight the diverse peoples, from semisedentary and nonsedentary Native groups and Mosquito captains to free African governors—who lived, labored, fought, ruled, and formed communities across Spanish America. The volume examines how these overlooked peoples navigated colonial processes of conquest, displacement, and relocation, while drawing attention to local factors that influenced these experiences including ecological change, rivalries, diplomacy, contraband, time and distance, and geography. Through their analysis of the local and temporal contexts, the studies in this volume offer new insight into why the protagonists of these places responded contentiously—through resistance or flight—or cooperatively—by accepting treaties or alliances. Non-specialists-undergraduate students, booksellers, and librarians will be drawn to the individuals case studies, while scholars will find this collection to be an indispensable research tool.

The Mountain, the Miner, and the Lord and Other Tales from a Country Law Office

Author : Harry M. Caudill
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813146275
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Mountain, the Miner, and the Lord and Other Tales from a Country Law Office written by Harry M. Caudill and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of stories celebrates people who have a magnetism, a tenacity, a personal vision, an independence, and a self-sufficiency that elude most of us today.