Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / Rachel Maines.
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TextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2005.Description: xiv, 254 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0813535751 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780813535753 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- TA455.A6 M33 2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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