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Clearing the air : the rise and fall of smoking in the workplace

Title
Clearing the air : the rise and fall of smoking in the workplace / Gregory Wood.
Author
Wood, Gregory (Gregory John)
Publication
  • Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Description
viii, 248 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JBE 16-889
ISBN
  • 9781501704826
  • 1501704826
LCCN
2016012389
OCLC
944957855
Author
Wood, Gregory (Gregory John), author.
Title
Clearing the air : the rise and fall of smoking in the workplace / Gregory Wood.
Publisher
Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Research Call Number
JBE 16-889
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