Back to the Silver Mine: Using Historical Empathy to Teach Potosí and the Mita
In an effort to promote historical empathy of history students, the author discusses the practice of the mita, the Spanish colonial forced-labor system imposed on its indigenous subjects in the viceroyalty of Peru, now located in Bolivia and Peru, specifically how it was used in the silver mining op...
| Published in: | The sixteenth century journal |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
[2020]
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| In: |
The sixteenth century journal
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBH Iberian Peninsula KBR Latin America ZC Politics in general ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
HISTORICAL source material
B Potosi (Bolivia) B Huancavelica (Peru) B HISTORY education B Silver mines & mining B Empathy B Colonial administration B Peru (Viceroyalty) B Spanish colonies B Racism B Mita (Labor) |
| Summary: | In an effort to promote historical empathy of history students, the author discusses the practice of the mita, the Spanish colonial forced-labor system imposed on its indigenous subjects in the viceroyalty of Peru, now located in Bolivia and Peru, specifically how it was used in the silver mining operations of Potosí and the associated mercury mining operations in Huancavelica. Topics considered include access to primary source materials, contemporary activists who attempted to ban the system because of its inhumane conditions, the health impact of mining on workers, racism, and greed. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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