bokomslag A Town Called Asbestos
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A Town Called Asbestos

Jessica Van Horssen

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  • 256 sidor
  • 2016
For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos to produce a multitude of fire-retardant products. As use of the mineral became more widespread, medical professionals discovered it had harmful effects on human health. Mining and manufacturing companies downplayed the risks to workers and the general public, but eventually, as the devastating nature of asbestos-related deaths became common knowledge, the industry suffered terminal decline. A Town Called Asbestos looks at how the people of Asbestos, Quebec, worked and lived alongside the largest chrysotile asbestos mine in the world. Dependent on this deadly industry for their communitys survival, they developed a unique, place-based understanding of their local environment; the risks they faced living next to the giant opencast mine; and their place within the global resource trade. This book unearths the local-global tensions that defined Asbestoss proud history and reveals the challenges similar resource communities have faced and continue to face today.
  • Författare: Jessica Van Horssen
  • Illustratör: 4 graphs 13 photos 3 maps
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780774828413
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-01-15
  • Förlag: University of British Columbia Press