A Town Called Asbestos
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-2841-3 (ISBN)
For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos to produce a multitude of fire-retardant products. As use of the mineral became more widespread, medical professionals discovered it had harmful effects on human health. Mining and manufacturing companies downplayed the risks to workers and the general public, but eventually, as the devastating nature of asbestos-related deaths became common knowledge, the industry suffered terminal decline. A Town Called Asbestos looks at how the people of Asbestos, Quebec, worked and lived alongside the largest chrysotile asbestos mine in the world. Dependent on this deadly industry for their community's survival, they developed a unique, place-based understanding of their local environment; the risks they faced living next to the giant opencast mine; and their place within the global resource trade. This book unearths the local-global tensions that defined Asbestos's proud history and reveals the challenges similar resource communities have faced – and continue to face today.
Jessica van Horssen is a senior researcher in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester, England. Her research mainly focuses on asbestos and environmental health in Canada and along the global commodity chain. She has published in international journals on the community of Asbestos, asbestos-related disease, and changing landscapes in resource communities.
Foreword: The Long Dying / Graeme Wynn
Introduction: Introducing Asbestos
1 Creation Stories: Asbestos before 1918
2 Land with a Future, Not a Past, 1918–49
3 Negotiating Risk, 1918–49
4 Essential Characteristics, 1918–49
5 Bodies Collide: The Strike of 1949
6 "Une ville qui se deplace," 1949–83
7 Useful Tools, 1949–83
8 Altered Authority, 1949–83
Conclusion: Surviving Collapse: Asbestos Post-1983
Notes; Bibliography; Index
| Reihe/Serie | Nature |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 13 photos, 4 graphs, 3 maps |
| Verlagsort | Vancouver |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7748-2841-2 / 0774828412 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7748-2841-3 / 9780774828413 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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