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
Otros Autores: Johnson, Ann, 1965-, Fleming, James Rodger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Luftverschmutzung
Science.
Environmental sciences.
Air > Pollution.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Sciences > Histoire.
Sciences de l'environnement > Histoire.
Science > History.
Environmental sciences > History.
Air > Pollution > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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 (300 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780822979524

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