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Clearing the Air : The Rise and Fall of Smoking in the Workplace /

In Clearing the Air, Gregory Wood examines smoking's importance to the social and cultural history of working people in the twentieth-century United States. Now that most workplaces in the United States are smoke-free, it may be difficult to imagine the influence that nicotine addiction once ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wood, Gregory (Gregory John) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : addicted : nicotine and working-class history
  • Reformers, employers, and the dangers of working-class smoking
  • Smoking bans and shop floor resistance during the early twentieth century
  • Workers, management, and the right to smoke during World War II
  • Thank you for not smoking : anti-smoking politics in postwar workplaces
  • "Exiled smoking" and the making of smoke-free workplaces
  • Organized labor and the problem of "smokers' rights"
  • Conclusion : quitting smoking and the endurance of nicotine.
  • Introduction: Nicotine and Working-Class History
  • Reformers, Employers, and the Dangers of Working-Class Smoking
  • Smoking Bans and Shop Floor Resistance during the Early Twentieth Century
  • Workers, Management, and the Right to Smoke during World War II
  • Antismoking Politics in Postwar Workplaces
  • "Exiled Smoking" and the Making of Smoke-Free Workplaces
  • Organized Labor and the Problem of "Smokers' Rights"
  • Conclusion: Quitting Smoking and the Endurance of Nicotine.