Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / Rachel Maines.

  • Maines, Rachel, 1950-
Date:
2005
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New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, 2005.

Physical description

xiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The asbestos technology decision environment -- Asbestos before 1880: from natural wonder to industrial material -- The rise of the asbestos curtain -- Mass destruction by fire: asbestos in World War II -- Schools, homes, and workplaces: fire prevention in the postwar built environment -- The asbestos tort conflagration.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 0813535751