Jock McCulloch, Geoffrey Tweedale

Gebundenes Buch

Defending the Indefensible

The Global Asbestos Industry and Its Fight for Survival

Beschreibung

Until the mid-1960s, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver. In 1960, it became known that exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a virulent and lethal cancer. Yet the bulk of the world's asbestos was mined after 1960. This is the first global history of how the asbestos industry defended the product throughout the 20th century.

Autor

Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey Tweedale are historians with long-term research interests in health, corporate history, and mining. They have published widely on the history of industrial hazards. They have written three books on the asbestos industry covering manufacture and mining in the UK, South Africa, and Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9780199534852
• ISBN-10: 0199534853
• Artikelnr.: 23518513