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ISTOR , 2023
This article focuses on the 1931 earthquakes that destroyed the capital of Nicaragua, which was u... more This article focuses on the 1931 earthquakes that destroyed the capital of Nicaragua, which was under US occupation at the time. I argue that the US Marines approached rescue operations in a militarized manner that was rooted in a strong display of power over nature as well. Those efforts had political consequences, namely the selection of Anastasio Somoza Garcia as the Nicaraguan head of the National Guard. Thus, a "natural" disaster opened the door to the rise of the dictatorship.
The Struggle for Natural Resources: Findings from Bolivian History, 2024
Epilogue in edited volume on Bolivian Natural Resource Extraction
The Metropole, The Blog of the Urban History Association, 2020
Managua, Nicaragua, was destroyed twice by earthquakes, once in 1931 and again in 1972. This arti... more Managua, Nicaragua, was destroyed twice by earthquakes, once in 1931 and again in 1972. This article examines how the city recovered from the first quake but not from the second.
The current mining "boom" in Latin America is the latest reincarnation of a colonial er... more The current mining "boom" in Latin America is the latest reincarnation of a colonial era business that intensified with industrialization in the nineteenth century. The continuities in the practice are as striking as the breaks are remarkable. The technologies of extraction have changed dramatically. Yet in keeping with historical trends, the industry has provoked intense social conflict due to its impact on nature, workers' bodies, and local communities.
The Americas, 2021
bomb” in the 1980s. The book reframes the beginnings of Colombia’s central role in the internatio... more bomb” in the 1980s. The book reframes the beginnings of Colombia’s central role in the international drug trade, thus presenting a compelling and original analysis of the social, cultural, and political history of the marijuana economy in Colombia. By revealing lesser known aspects of drug-trafficking, the author reframes the beginnings of Colombia’s central role in the international narcotics market.
International journal of occupational and environmental health
At a conference held at Stony Brook University in December 2007, "Dangerous Trade: Histories... more At a conference held at Stony Brook University in December 2007, "Dangerous Trade: Histories of Industrial Hazard across a Globalizing World," participants endorsed a Code of Sustainable Practice in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety for Corporations. The Code outlines practices that would ensure corporations enact the highest health and environmentally protective measures in all the locations in which they operate. Corporations should observe international guidelines on occupational exposure to air contaminants, plant safety, air and water pollutant releases, hazardous waste disposal practices, remediation of polluted sites, public disclosure of toxic releases, product hazard labeling, sale of products for specific uses, storage and transport of toxic intermediates and products, corporate safety and health auditing, and corporate environmental auditing. Protective measures in all locations should be consonant with the most protective measures applied anywher...
Environmental History, 1998
Page 1. Rejecting Progress in Paradise Huastecs, the Environment, adthe Oil Industry in Veracruz,... more Page 1. Rejecting Progress in Paradise Huastecs, the Environment, adthe Oil Industry in Veracruz, Mexico, 1900-1935 Myrna Santiago In December 1932, the society pages of the LosAngeles Herald Express noted that Countess ...
Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2010
Redeeming the Revolution, 2017
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History, 2016
Before there was Mexico, there was oil. Millennia of organic matter that collapsed and liquefied ... more Before there was Mexico, there was oil. Millennia of organic matter that collapsed and liquefied into fossil fuel rested deep underground and underwater along the half-moon territorial formation that 19th-century geographers named the Mexican Gulf. Hidden by the lush tropical rainforests, marshes, and mangroves that occupied the landscape from the Pánuco River on the border between modern day Tamaulipas and Veracruz and the Bay of Campeche on the South, the oil seeped to the surface in small ponds, sometimes blackening the waters of streams and lagoons from Tabasco to the Huasteca. The human communities who inhabited that part of the globe thousands of years later knew about and utilized nature’s oozing sticky black tar.The Olmec, who flourished in southern Veracruz from 1200 to 400 bce, collected the viscous liquid. They used it to seal canoes and aqueducts, to paint and decorate clay figurines and knife handles, to pave the floors of their homes, and to glue materials. There is ev...
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets, 2000
The Americas, 2008
ABSTRACT
ISTOR , 2023
This article focuses on the 1931 earthquakes that destroyed the capital of Nicaragua, which was u... more This article focuses on the 1931 earthquakes that destroyed the capital of Nicaragua, which was under US occupation at the time. I argue that the US Marines approached rescue operations in a militarized manner that was rooted in a strong display of power over nature as well. Those efforts had political consequences, namely the selection of Anastasio Somoza Garcia as the Nicaraguan head of the National Guard. Thus, a "natural" disaster opened the door to the rise of the dictatorship.
The Struggle for Natural Resources: Findings from Bolivian History, 2024
Epilogue in edited volume on Bolivian Natural Resource Extraction
The Metropole, The Blog of the Urban History Association, 2020
Managua, Nicaragua, was destroyed twice by earthquakes, once in 1931 and again in 1972. This arti... more Managua, Nicaragua, was destroyed twice by earthquakes, once in 1931 and again in 1972. This article examines how the city recovered from the first quake but not from the second.
The current mining "boom" in Latin America is the latest reincarnation of a colonial er... more The current mining "boom" in Latin America is the latest reincarnation of a colonial era business that intensified with industrialization in the nineteenth century. The continuities in the practice are as striking as the breaks are remarkable. The technologies of extraction have changed dramatically. Yet in keeping with historical trends, the industry has provoked intense social conflict due to its impact on nature, workers' bodies, and local communities.
The Americas, 2021
bomb” in the 1980s. The book reframes the beginnings of Colombia’s central role in the internatio... more bomb” in the 1980s. The book reframes the beginnings of Colombia’s central role in the international drug trade, thus presenting a compelling and original analysis of the social, cultural, and political history of the marijuana economy in Colombia. By revealing lesser known aspects of drug-trafficking, the author reframes the beginnings of Colombia’s central role in the international narcotics market.
International journal of occupational and environmental health
At a conference held at Stony Brook University in December 2007, "Dangerous Trade: Histories... more At a conference held at Stony Brook University in December 2007, "Dangerous Trade: Histories of Industrial Hazard across a Globalizing World," participants endorsed a Code of Sustainable Practice in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety for Corporations. The Code outlines practices that would ensure corporations enact the highest health and environmentally protective measures in all the locations in which they operate. Corporations should observe international guidelines on occupational exposure to air contaminants, plant safety, air and water pollutant releases, hazardous waste disposal practices, remediation of polluted sites, public disclosure of toxic releases, product hazard labeling, sale of products for specific uses, storage and transport of toxic intermediates and products, corporate safety and health auditing, and corporate environmental auditing. Protective measures in all locations should be consonant with the most protective measures applied anywher...
Environmental History, 1998
Page 1. Rejecting Progress in Paradise Huastecs, the Environment, adthe Oil Industry in Veracruz,... more Page 1. Rejecting Progress in Paradise Huastecs, the Environment, adthe Oil Industry in Veracruz, Mexico, 1900-1935 Myrna Santiago In December 1932, the society pages of the LosAngeles Herald Express noted that Countess ...
Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2010
Redeeming the Revolution, 2017
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History, 2016
Before there was Mexico, there was oil. Millennia of organic matter that collapsed and liquefied ... more Before there was Mexico, there was oil. Millennia of organic matter that collapsed and liquefied into fossil fuel rested deep underground and underwater along the half-moon territorial formation that 19th-century geographers named the Mexican Gulf. Hidden by the lush tropical rainforests, marshes, and mangroves that occupied the landscape from the Pánuco River on the border between modern day Tamaulipas and Veracruz and the Bay of Campeche on the South, the oil seeped to the surface in small ponds, sometimes blackening the waters of streams and lagoons from Tabasco to the Huasteca. The human communities who inhabited that part of the globe thousands of years later knew about and utilized nature’s oozing sticky black tar.The Olmec, who flourished in southern Veracruz from 1200 to 400 bce, collected the viscous liquid. They used it to seal canoes and aqueducts, to paint and decorate clay figurines and knife handles, to pave the floors of their homes, and to glue materials. There is ev...
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets, 2000
The Americas, 2008
ABSTRACT
Un pasado vivo: Dos siglos de historia ambiental latinoamericana, 2019
Nos da lecciones la historia sobre las reformas contemporaneas a la legislacion petrolera en Mexico?
What historical lessons can we draw from the ecology of oil to analyze the current reforms to pet... more What historical lessons can we draw from the ecology of oil to analyze the current reforms to petroleum legislation in Mexico?
A review of the movements that have protested against oil extraction in Latin America in the 20th... more A review of the movements that have protested against oil extraction in Latin America in the 20th century