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Genocides by the Oppressed
Subaltern Genocide in Theory and Practice
Av Nicholas A. Robins, Adam Jones
Häftad, 2009
282 kr
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In the last two decades, the field of comparative genocide studies has produced an increasingly rich literature on the targeting of various groups for extermination and other atrocities, throughout history and around the contemporary world. However, the phenomenon of "genocides by the oppressed," …
Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas
Inbunden, 2005
461 kr
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This book investigates three Indian revolts in the Americas: the 1680 uprising of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish; the Great Rebellion in Bolivia, 1780–82; and the Caste War of Yucatan that began in 1849 and was not finally crushed until 1903. Nicholas A. Robins examines their causes, …
Mercury, Mining, and Empire
The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes
Inbunden, 2011
518 kr
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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 Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and interwoven …
Genocide and Millennialism in Upper Peru
The Great Rebellion of 1780-1782
E-bok, 2002
1204 kr
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Exploring one of the least studied genocides in post-conquest South America, Robins calls into question many of the central assumptions currently held by genocide scholars. Victims of genocide usually lack the organization and weaponry to battle their enemies. During the 1780-1782 Great Rebellion …
Culture of Conflict in Modern Cuba
Häftad, 2003
426 kr
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Conflict in Cuba is not new. Since early in the Caribbean nation's colonial history a small elite has used centralized power to rule for what they viewed as the common good. Officials often created monopolies which limited accountability, social mobility, fair play and economic development. This …
Of Love and Loathing
Marital Life, Strife, and Intimacy in the Colonial Andes, 1750–1825
Inbunden, 2015
707 kr
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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 enterprise was built to maintain control over a …
Landscapes of Inequity
Environmental Justice in the Andes-Amazon Region
Av Nicholas A. Robins, Barbara J. Fraser
Inbunden, 2020
744 kr
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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 development schemes, including hydroelectric dams, open …
Santa Bárbara’s Legacy
An Environmental History of Huancavelica, Peru
Inbunden, 2017
1801 kr
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In Santa Bárbara’s Legacy: An Environmental History of Huancavelica, Peru, Nicholas A. Robins presents the first comprehensive environmental history of a mercury producing region in Latin America. Tracing the origins, rise and decline of the regional population and economy from pre-history to the …
