It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Mercury, Mining, and Empire by Nicholas A. Robins
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
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 PotosÃ, in present-day Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and interwoven tale of what colonial exploitation of indigenous peoples and resources left in its wake. It is a socio-ecological history that explores the toxic interrelationships between mercury and silver production, urban environments, and the people who lived and worked in them. Nicholas A. Robins tells the...
Mercury, Mining, and Empire by Nicholas A. Robins is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Mercury, Mining, and Empire aloud.
Mercury, Mining, and Empire is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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