Impacts of Extractive Regime on an Andean Ecosystem: Borax Mining and the Spoliation of Yareta in the Ascotán Salt Flat (Chile, 1880-1915)

Since the late nineteenth century, the Salar de Ascotán in northern Chile has been transformed into a key borax extraction zone, becoming integrated into global mining circuits following the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). This process unfolded along four main dimensions: (1) postwar territorial rec...

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Main Authors: Galaz-Mandakovic, Damir, Rivera, Francisco
Format: Online
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano 2025
Online Access:https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2913

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