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[An] inspiring study. . . . Mining Language speaks to the heart of current discussions in the field of intercultural and interlingual knowledge transformations. --Technology and Culture ...A remarkable achievement. . . . A novel and important contribution to our understanding of early modern science and empire. --Hispanic American Historical Review [Mining Language] contributes to many of the most important discussions currently ongoing in modern scholarship. . . . [T]he book's methodological blueprint will prove inspirational to many young scholars. --H-Early-America An exemplary and erudite study in how deep attentiveness to language and to the challenging work of locating and comparing disparate and often fragmentary sources can yield new insights into knowledges and agencies that have been rendered invisible by colonialism.--H-LatAm An insightful addition to a growing body of work on the emergence of early modern scientific and technological epistemologies. --The Americas An original and fascinating study that reveals the significant contributions that indigenous and African peoples have made to the emergence of new scientific ideas and technologies. --Bulletin of Spanish Studies Bigelow has an impressive range of historiographical influences, which includes literature on mining and metallurgy from archaeology, art history, cultural studies, geography, history, and linguistics. . . . a methodological model for reconstituting knowledge production in different imperial settings.--William and Mary Quarterly

...A remarkable achievement. . . . A novel and important contribution to our understanding of early modern science and empire. --Hispanic American Historical Review [Mining Language] contributes to many of the most important discussions currently ongoing in modern scholarship. . . . [T]he book's methodological blueprint will prove inspirational to many young scholars. --H-Early-America An exemplary and erudite study in how deep attentiveness to language and to the challenging work of locating and comparing disparate and often fragmentary sources can yield new insights into knowledges and agencies that have been rendered invisible by colonialism.--H-LatAm An insightful addition to a growing body of work on the emergence of early modern scientific and technological epistemologies. --The Americas An original and fascinating study that reveals the significant contributions that indigenous and African peoples have made to the emergence of new scientific ideas and technologies. --Bulletin of Spanish Studies Bigelow has an impressive range of historiographical influences, which includes literature on mining and metallurgy from archaeology, art history, cultural studies, geography, history, and linguistics. . . . a methodological model for reconstituting knowledge production in different imperial settings.--William and Mary Quarterly

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Allison Margaret Bigelow is assistant professor of colonial Latin American literature at the University of Virginia.

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