An imperative and imperial book: towards a social history of silver production in Potosí
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2026.e110774Keywords:
silver production, miners, forced laborAbstract
Book Review: BARRAGÁN ROMANO, Rossana. El imperio del trabajo. Historia social de la producción de plata de Potosí para el mundo (s. XVI-XVIII). La Paz, Bolívia: Plural editores, 2025.
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