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When the air became important : a social history of the New England and Lancashire textile industries /
In When the Air Became Important, medical historian Janet Greenlees examines the working environments of the heartlands of the British and American cotton textile industries from the nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Greenlees contends that the air quality within these pioneering workplace...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Critical issues in health and medicine.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction: When Does the Air in the Workplace Become Important?; Chapter 2. Textile Towns and Mill Environments; Chapter 3. Tuberculosis in the Factory; Chapter 4. "I Used to Feel Ill with It": Heat, Humidity, and Fatigue; Chapter 5. Dust: A New Socio-Environmental Relationship; Chapter 6. "The Noise Were Horrendous": The Ignored Industrial Hazard; Chapter 7. Conclusion: When Does the Air Become Important?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author