Preindustrial Metallurgy, Pollution, Rural Life : Alpine Italy Riva d'Agordo, a village in the Venetian Alps, lies a few hundred meters above the Imperina Vale where, at the start of the Quattrocento, copper pyrite was mined and "baked" in open hearths so as to extract copper. Sulfurous by-products polluted the land and damaged crops, as documents from 1580 prove. Mining and metal- working grew throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with, as a consequence, more pollution. The village adapted its economy to the new activities in Imperina Val : in 1766, more than 90% of men fit for work were employed extracting metal. Villagers did not fight against the inevitable pollution. Instead, they used it to bargain for gifts to charities, tax exemp...
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The peasantry and proto-industry in Northern Burgundy in the Modern Era. Long kept apart, rural hist...
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Preindustrial Metallurgy, Pollution, Rural Life : Alpine Italy Riva d'Agordo, a village in the Ven...
This article offers a historical perspective on the interplay between pollutants, environment and he...
Abstract During the years 1928-1938, the Montecatini group starts the aluminium production through t...
A conflict between agriculture and industrial pollution : an example in the plateau of lannemezan an...
[Departement_IRSTEA]Eaux [TR1_IRSTEA]GEUSIInternational audienceDecazeville in Aveyron (France) is a...
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International audienceThis study focuses on the two rural villages located west of Anduze, whose pop...
Depuis les temps protohistoriques, l’industrie a été une composante importante des espaces ruraux. E...
International audienceIn the nineteenth century, a conflict broke out over the harmful influence of ...
La región de los Alpes podría ser considerada, a partir de 1780, un área de transferencia tecnológic...
The peasantry and proto-industry in Northern Burgundy in the Modern Era. Long kept apart, rural hist...
In the 1970s, smokes of the factories of Creusot-Loire, specialized in the manufacturing of steels, ...
Preindustrial Metallurgy, Pollution, Rural Life : Alpine Italy Riva d'Agordo, a village in the Ven...
This article offers a historical perspective on the interplay between pollutants, environment and he...
Abstract During the years 1928-1938, the Montecatini group starts the aluminium production through t...
A conflict between agriculture and industrial pollution : an example in the plateau of lannemezan an...
[Departement_IRSTEA]Eaux [TR1_IRSTEA]GEUSIInternational audienceDecazeville in Aveyron (France) is a...
International audienceCan territory resist technology ? Alpine firewood metallurgy in the “industria...
International audienceThe mining village of Brandes (France) was settled on a high plateau (Huez-Isè...
International audienceThis study focuses on the two rural villages located west of Anduze, whose pop...
Depuis les temps protohistoriques, l’industrie a été une composante importante des espaces ruraux. E...
International audienceIn the nineteenth century, a conflict broke out over the harmful influence of ...
La región de los Alpes podría ser considerada, a partir de 1780, un área de transferencia tecnológic...
The peasantry and proto-industry in Northern Burgundy in the Modern Era. Long kept apart, rural hist...
In the 1970s, smokes of the factories of Creusot-Loire, specialized in the manufacturing of steels, ...