Miners' lung : a history of dust disease in British coal mining
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Arthur McIvor; Ronald Johnston
- ناشر : Aldershot, Hant, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780754636731
Description
Preface; Introduction. Part 1 Setting the Scene: Methodology and historiography; Work and the body in coalmining. Part 2 Advancing Medical Knowledge on Dust Disease: The discovery of pneumoconiosis; Social medicine and pioneering epidemiology; The last gasp: bronchitis and emphysema; Part 3 The Industrial Politics of Miners' Lung: 'Enlightened management'? The NCB, the state and dust; The trade unions and dust. Part 4 Miners' Testimonies: Dust and Disability Narratives: Workplace culture: risk and masculinity at work; Blighted lives: living and dying with dust disease. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Explores the experience of coal miners' lung diseases and the attempts at voluntary and legal control of dusty conditions in British mining from the since nineteenth century. In this way, this book addresses the important issues of occupational health and safety within the mining industry notably pneumoconiosis, emphysema and bronchitis.
