The Almaden Mercury Mines from 1939 to 1960. Production Strategies, Modernization, and their Impact on Workers and the Population

Almadén means in Arabic the mine, its population has always lived from and for the mine, and in the 1940s and 1950s also because of its 10,000 inhabitants, 2,500 were miners. In this article about Almaden, the largest mercury deposit in the world, three stages of its long history are contemplated: t...

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Main Authors: Emiliano Almansa Rodríguez, Ángel Hernández Sobrino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UPV/EHU Press 2020-02-01
Series:Historia contemporánea
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Online Access:https://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/HC/article/view/20153