Silicosis : a world history /
Silicosis : a world history /
edited by Paul-Andre Rosental.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (ix, 279 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : why silicosis? / Why is silicosis so important? / The genesis and development of the scientific concept of pulmonary silicosis during the nineteenth century / Johannesburg and beyond : silicosis as a transnational and imperial disease (1900-1940) / The politics of recognition and its limitations : legislating on silicosis in the first half of the twentieth century-a national or transnational process? / Silicosis and "silicosis" : minimizing compensation costs, or, Why do occupational diseases cost so little? / Silica or coal? design and implementation of dust prevention in the collieries in western economies (circa 1930-1980) / Conclusion : silica, silicosis and occupational health in the globalized world of the twenty-first century / Paul-Andre Rosental -- Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner -- Alberto Baldasseroni and Francesco Carnevale -- Jock McCulloch and Paul-Andre Rosental, with Joe Melling -- Martin Lengwiler, Julia Moses, Bernard Thomann with Joseph Melling -- Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann -- Eric Geerkens -- Francesco Carnevale, Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann.
9781421421568
Silicosis--History.
Occupational Health--History.
Silicosis--history.
Occupational Exposure--history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Electronic Books.
RC774 / .S555 2017
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : why silicosis? / Why is silicosis so important? / The genesis and development of the scientific concept of pulmonary silicosis during the nineteenth century / Johannesburg and beyond : silicosis as a transnational and imperial disease (1900-1940) / The politics of recognition and its limitations : legislating on silicosis in the first half of the twentieth century-a national or transnational process? / Silicosis and "silicosis" : minimizing compensation costs, or, Why do occupational diseases cost so little? / Silica or coal? design and implementation of dust prevention in the collieries in western economies (circa 1930-1980) / Conclusion : silica, silicosis and occupational health in the globalized world of the twenty-first century / Paul-Andre Rosental -- Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner -- Alberto Baldasseroni and Francesco Carnevale -- Jock McCulloch and Paul-Andre Rosental, with Joe Melling -- Martin Lengwiler, Julia Moses, Bernard Thomann with Joseph Melling -- Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann -- Eric Geerkens -- Francesco Carnevale, Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann.
9781421421568
Silicosis--History.
Occupational Health--History.
Silicosis--history.
Occupational Exposure--history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Electronic Books.
RC774 / .S555 2017