¿Reconstruir o tributar? El terremoto de Angaraes de 1687 y una aproximación a un conflicto social en torno a la extracción de azogue
On January 28th 1687, a strong earthquake occurred in the province of Angaraes, in Huancavelica, an economically strategic place for the colonial administration, due to the production of mercury which provided sustainability to the silver production. The disaster left nearly 500 dead, many injured a...
| Autor Principal: | Álvarez Ponce, Víctor Emilio |
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| Idioma: | Español |
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Summa Humanitatis
2015
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http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/summa_humanitatis/article/view/13417/14045 |
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On January 28th 1687, a strong earthquake occurred in the province of Angaraes, in Huancavelica, an economically strategic place for the colonial administration, due to the production of mercury which provided sustainability to the silver production. The disaster left nearly 500 dead, many injured and destroyed urban settlements surrounding the mines of Santa Barbara. The quake did not damage the infrastructure of the mines, which allowed the mercury production tocontinue. Years later, the affected cities were still in ruins and demanded to proceed with the repairs and rehabilitation of civil and religious buildings. However, the administrative bureaucracy prioritized the production of mercury. This article is an approach to social and economic issues that arise following the occurrence of a natural disaster in the late seventeenth century; and further, the role that meet certain production sites during a crisis scenario. |
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