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Autor:
Nicholas A. Robins, Barbara J. Fraser
The natural wealth of the Amazon and Andes has long attracted fortune seekers, from explorers, farmers, and gold panners to multimillion-dollar mining, oil and gas, and timber operations. Modern demands for commodities have given rise to new developm
Autor:
Nicholas A. Robins
Policies concerning marriage, morality, and intimacy were central to the efforts of the Spanish monarchy to maintain social control in colonial Charcas. The Bourbon Crown depended on the patriarchal, caste-based social system on which its colonial en
Autor:
Nicholas A. Robins
On the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and silver production processes and related labor systems, Mercury, Mining, and Empire explores the effects of mercury pollution in colonial Huancavelica, Peru, and Potosí, in present-day Bolivi
Autor:
Nicholas A. Robins
This is the first work exploring the colonial roots, modern context, trajectory and legacy of the Shining Path insurgency in the region of Huancavelica, Peru, one of Peru's most impoverished and Quechua-speaking regions. The use of terroristic violen
Publikováno v:
Evolutionary Applications, Vol 16, Iss 12, Pp 1982-1998 (2023)
Abstract Pests often evolve resistance to pest controls used in agriculture and aquaculture. The rate of pest adaptation is influenced by the type of control, the selective pressure it imposes, and the gene flow between farms. By understanding how th
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https://doaj.org/article/ec46a3cff7dd4c379c968c6f73441c1f
Autor:
Nicholas A. Robins
Publikováno v:
Landscapes of Inequity
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::a488625e6de62289aec52563ee666fe7
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv10tq41c.6
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv10tq41c.6
Autor:
Nicholas A. Robins
Publikováno v:
Genocide Studies International. 11:240-249
This essay discusses the work of an American NGO, the Environmental Health Council, in documenting and remediating mercury and other heavy metal contamination in Huancavelica, Peru. The nearby Santa Bárbara and Challacatana hills are among the most
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::78db2a4ec800c5ee5d1427de3ed992a5
https://doi.org/10.3138/gsi.11.2.07
https://doi.org/10.3138/gsi.11.2.07
Autor:
Heileen Hsu-Kim, John J. Vandenberg, Olivo Barras, Nicole Hagan, Abigail R. McEwen, Daniel Richter, Susan Halabi, Nicholas A. Robins
Publikováno v:
Science of The Total Environment. 562:237-246
Potosí, Bolivia, is the site of centuries of historic and present-day mining of the Cerro Rico, a mountain known for its rich polymetallic deposits, and was the site of large-scale Colonial era silver refining operations. In this study, the concentr
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.152
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.152