Miners' lung: a history of dust disease in British coal mining
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hant, England Ashgate ©2007
Series:Studies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm))
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Medical Terms; Introduction; PART I: INTERPRETATIONS AND CONTEXT; PART II: ADVANCING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ON DUST DISEASE; PART III: THE INDUSTRIAL POLITICS OF MINERS' LUNG; PART IV: MINERS' TESTIMONIES: DUST AND DISABILITY NARRATIVES; Conclusion; Appendix: The Oral History Project; Bibliography; Index
Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston explore the experience of coal miners' lung diseases and the attempts at voluntary and legal control of dusty conditions in British mining from the late nineteenth century to the present. The book addresses the important issues of occupational health and safety within the mining industry; issues that have been severely neglected in studies of health and safety in general
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 355 pages)
ISBN:9780754684244
0754684245
9780754636731
0754636739

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