Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk /

Dettagli Bibliografici
Autore principale: Maines, Rachel, 1950-
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press 2005.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hhwhf
Sommario:
  • The asbestos technology decision environment
  • Asbestos before 1880: from natural wonder to industrial material
  • The rise of the asbestos curtain
  • Mass destruction by fire: asbestos in World War II
  • Schools, homes, and workplaces: fire prevention in the postwar built environment
  • The asbestos tort conflagration.