{"product_id":"silver-veins-dusty-lungs-rocio-gomez-9781496221117","title":"Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835-1946","description":"\u003cp\u003e2021 Elinor Melville Prize for Latin American Environmental History \u003cbr\u003e Honorable Mention for the 2021 Best Book of Social Science from the LASA Mexico Section Awards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Mexico environmental struggles have been fought since the nineteenth century in such places as Zacatecas, where United States and European mining interests have come into open conflict with rural and city residents over water access, environmental health concerns, and disease compensation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSilver Veins, Dusty Lungs\u003c\/i\u003e, Rocio Gomez examines the detrimental effects of the silver mining industry on water resources and public health in the city of Zacatecas and argues that the human labor necessary to the mining industry made the worker and the mine inseparable through the land, water, and air. Tensions arose between farmers and the mining industry over water access while the city struggled with mudslides, droughts, and water source contamination. Silicosis-tuberculosis, along with accidents caused by mining technologies like jackhammers and ore-crushers, debilitated scores of miners. By emphasizing the perspective of water and public health, Gomez illustrates that the human body and the environment are not separate entities but rather in a state of constant interaction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rocio Gomez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496221117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496221117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Rocio Gomez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064826622207,"sku":"9781496221117","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_febb18eb-052e-44b9-8764-d135fcaf9afe.jpg?v=1685397797","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silver-veins-dusty-lungs-rocio-gomez-9781496221117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}