Toxic airs : body, place, planet in historical perspective /

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"Toxic Airs brings together historians of medicine, environmental historians, historians of science and technology, and interdisciplinary scholars to address atmospheric issues at a spectrum of scales from body to place to planet. The chapters analyze airborne and atmospheric threats posed to h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fleming, James Rodger, Johnson, Ann, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014.
Temas:
Air > Pollution > History.
Environmental sciences > History.
Science > History.
Sciences de l'environnement > Histoire.
Sciences > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Air > Pollution.
Environmental sciences.
Science.
Luftverschmutzung
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Toxic Airs brings together historians of medicine, environmental historians, historians of science and technology, and interdisciplinary scholars to address atmospheric issues at a spectrum of scales from body to place to planet. The chapters analyze airborne and atmospheric threats posed to humans. The contributors demonstrate how conceptions of toxicity have evolved over many centuries and how humans have both created and mitigated toxins in the air"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822979524
0822979527
1306555116
9781306555111

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