Digging Our Own Graves Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease.

This fully updated edition of a classic work from one of the leading scholars of Appalachia documents a community's struggle against the deadly black lung disease.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Barbara Ellen
Other Authors: Dotter, Earl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: La Vergne : Haymarket Books, 2020.
Subjects:
Lungs > Dust diseases > Social aspects.
Coal miners > Diseases > United States.
Coal miners > Labor unions.
Lungs-Dust diseases-Social aspects.
Mineurs de charbon > Maladies > États-Unis.
Mineurs de charbon > Syndicats.
Coal miners > Diseases
Coal miners > Labor unions
Lungs > Dust diseases > Social aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Interviews
  • Chapter 1: Diagnosing the Problem
  • Chapter 2: The Medical Politics of Black Lung
  • Chapter 3: Where Is the Disease?
  • Chapter 4: The Contagious Spread of Rebellion
  • A Photo Gallery by Earl Dotter: With Images from His Historic Workplace Collection
  • Chapter 5: Resistance to Disease
  • Chapter 6: Reviving the Movement
  • Chapter 7: Black Lung and the Politics of Union Reform
  • Chapter 8: Reckonings
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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