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Gold and Mercury: Amalgamated Histories in Chemistry, Culture, and Environment

Introduction

Introduction
Living Then and Now with Gold and Mercury
Donna Bilak
Pages: 1-6
Published online: 31 Mar 2023
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Metals as Living Bodies. Founts of Mercury, Amalgams, and Chrysocolla
Vincenzo Carlotta & Matteo Martelli
Pages: 7-30
Published online: 27 Feb 2023
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Environmental Alchemy: Mercury-Gold Amalgamation Mining and the Transformation of the Earth
Donna Bilak & George Vrtis
Pages: 31-53
Published online: 29 Mar 2023
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Amalgamated Histories: Tracing Quicksilver's Legacy Through Environmental and Political Bodies in Andean and Amazonian Gold Mining
Sebastián Rubiano-Galvis, Jimena Diaz Leiva & Ruth Goldstein
Pages: 54-76
Published online: 16 Mar 2023
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Making Mercury’s Histories: Mercury in Gold Mining’s Past and Present
Peter Oakley
Pages: 77-98
Published online: 29 Mar 2023
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Ingenuity in the Making: Matter and Technique in Early Modern Europe
Edited by RICHARD J. OOSTERHOFF, JOSÉ RAMÓN MARCAIDA, AND ALEXANDER MARR. Pp. 394, illus., index. University of Pittsburgh Press: Pittsburgh. 2021. £57.00. ISBN: 978-0-8229-4688-5.
Wenrui Zhao
Pages: 99-100
Published online: 16 Nov 2022
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Tóxicos: pasado y presente. Pensar históricamente un mundo tóxico
By JOSÉ RAMÓN BERTOMEU SÁNCHEZ. Pp. 160, index. Icaria: Barcelona. 2021. £12.50. ISBN: 978-8-49-888959-8.
Judit Gil-Farrero
Pages: 100-102
Published online: 16 Nov 2022
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150 Years of the Periodic Table: A Commemorative Symposium
Edited by CARMEN J. GIUNTA, VERA V. MAINZ, AND GREGORY S. GIROLAMI. Pp. vii+460, illus., index. Springer: Cham. 2021. £109.99 (hardback). ISBN: 978-3-030-67909-5.
Guillermo Restrepo
Pages: 102-104
Published online: 31 Oct 2022
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The Contamination of the Earth. A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age
By FRANÇOIS JARRIGE AND THOMAS LE ROUX. Translated by Janice Egan and Michael Egan. The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. 2020. 480pp, illus., index. £34.00 (hardcover), £17.00 (paperback). ISBN: 9-780-26-204383-0.
Pablo Corral-Broto
Pages: 104-105
Published online: 16 Dec 2022
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Announcement

Announcement
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Award Scheme 2023
Pages: 106-107
Published online: 27 Feb 2023
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