TY - BOOK AU - Rosental,Paul-André TI - Silicosis: a world history SN - 9781421421568 AV - RC774 .S555 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Silicosis KW - History KW - Occupational Health KW - history KW - Occupational Exposure KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction : why silicosis?; Paul-Andre Rosental --; Why is silicosis so important?; Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner --; The genesis and development of the scientific concept of pulmonary silicosis during the nineteenth century; Alberto Baldasseroni and Francesco Carnevale --; Johannesburg and beyond : silicosis as a transnational and imperial disease (1900-1940); Jock McCulloch and Paul-Andre Rosental, with Joe Melling --; The politics of recognition and its limitations : legislating on silicosis in the first half of the twentieth century-a national or transnational process?; Martin Lengwiler, Julia Moses, Bernard Thomann with Joseph Melling --; Silicosis and "silicosis" : minimizing compensation costs, or, Why do occupational diseases cost so little?; Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann --; Silica or coal? design and implementation of dust prevention in the collieries in western economies (circa 1930-1980); Eric Geerkens --; Conclusion : silica, silicosis and occupational health in the globalized world of the twenty-first century; Francesco Carnevale, Paul-Andre Rosental and Bernard Thomann; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1393581&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -