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Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth-Century America

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Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth-Century America - Rosner, David, Professor, and Markowitz, Gerald
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During the Depression, silicosis, an industrial lung disease, emerged as a national social crisis. Experts estimated that hundreds of thousands of workers were at risk of disease, disability, and death by inhaling silica in mines, foundries, and quarries. By the 1950s, however, silicosis was nearly forgotten by the media and health professionals. Asking what makes a health threat a public issue, David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz examine how a culture defines disease and how disease itself is understood at different moments ...

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Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth-Century America 1994, Princeton University Press, New Jersey

ISBN-13: 9780691037714

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Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth-Century America 1991, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ

ISBN-13: 9780691047584

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