Article ID: CBB001552702

Another Dante's Inferno in a Gold Mine during the Vargas Era: Nova Lima, Minas Gerais (2014)

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Maia, Andréa Casa Nova (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 21, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 1197-1214


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese

This article analyzes the control strategies in place at Morro Velho mine in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, and the changes after the implementation of labor legislation during the Vargas administration. The diseases common amongst mine workers, silicosis and arsenicosis, are investigated through statements given by former miners and a book by an anonymous author that discusses the diseases and the power relations between employers and employees, identifying the limitations of the legislation and the workers' struggles. The book presents a striking story of how for many years the British company side-stepped laws such as the insalubrity premium, a right which other mining companies, not only of British ownership, flouted and still flout in different parts of the world.

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Authors & Contributors
Cleveland, Todd
Barca, Stefania
Bigelow, Allison Margaret
Robins, Nicholas A.
Sharma, Jayeeta
Varanda, Jorge
Journals
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Agricultural History
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Der Anschnitt: Zeitschrift für Kunst und Kultur im Bergbau
Environment and History
Environmental History
Publishers
Duke University Press
Cambridge University Press
Columbia University Press
Indiana University Press
McGill-Queen's University Press
Pickering & Chatto
Concepts
Labor and laborers
Mines and mining
Colonialism
Imperialism
Agriculture
Slavery
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century, late
21st century
Places
Great Britain
Africa
Bolivia
Angola
Brazil
Chile
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