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Asbestos blues : labour, capital, physicians & the state in South Africa / Jock McCulloch.

Title
Asbestos blues : labour, capital, physicians & the state in South Africa / Jock McCulloch.
Author
McCulloch, Jock, 1945-
Publication
Oxford : James Currey ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2002.

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Description
xx, 223 p. : ill., 1 map; 26 cm.
Series Statement
African issues
Uniform Title
African issues
Subject
  • Mining
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Mining > history
  • Environmental Pollution > history
  • Occupational Diseases > history
  • Asbestos > adverse effects
  • Asbestos mines and mining > South Africa
  • Asbestos abatement > South Africa
  • Asbestos > Health aspects > South Africa
  • South Africa
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. A global industry -- 2. The mines -- 3. The companies -- 4. The medical history -- 5. Life on the mines -- 6. The state & asbestos -- 7. Women miners -- 8. Dust & disease -- 9. The PRU survey -- 10. Conclusion
ISBN
  • 0852558635 (James Currey cloth)
  • 0852558627 (James Currey paper)
  • 0253341272 (Indiana cloth)
  • 0253215412 (Indiana paper)
LCCN
^^2002510605
OCLC
  • 50621971
  • SCSB-11049518
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library