Mining Frontiers and the Making of the Modern World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23461548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonardo Marques (0000-0003-1276-2769, Universidade Federal Fluminense, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 213-238 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Commodities History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197502679.013.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4389925768 |
| ISBN | 9780197502679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Mining—extraction of mineral resources from earth—has been central to various historical transformations since prehistoric times. The characteristics and broader meanings of mining, however, have changed over time and space. Taking labour, technology, and environmental change as its guiding theme, this chapter explores the historiography of mining, with a focus on mineral frontiers in the Iberian Americas. New Spain, New Granada, Peru, and Brazil were the main sources of the bullion that contributed to the creation of a world economy in the early-modern era. At the other end of the global flows of silver and gold were the thousands of Amerindians and Africans who spent most of their lives in the mines and rivers of colonial Latin America, working under various labour arrangements and radically reshaping the environment in places like Potosí, Zacatecas, and Minas Gerais. This is illustrated by a case study of gold mining in Brazil.
Archaeology · Bullion · Colonialism · Economics · Economy · Geography · Gold mining · Historiography · Latin Americans · Mining engineering · Mining industry · Political science · Theme (computing) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · History of Colonial Brazil · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |