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

Title Silver veins, dusty lungs : mining, water, and public health in Zacatecas, 1835-1946 / Rocio Gomez
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Series The Mexican experience
Mexican experience.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
Public Health -- history
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Ecology
Environmental health
Public health
Silver mines and mining -- Environmental aspects
Water-supply -- Health aspects
SUBJECT Zacatecas (Mexico : State) -- Environmental conditions
Mexico https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008800
Subject Mexico -- Zacatecas (State)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496221582
1496221583