A Town Called Asbestos: Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community - Couverture rigide

Van Horssen, Jessica

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0774828412 ISBN 13 : 9780774828413

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos from the town of Asbestos, Quebec, to produce fire-retardant products. Then, over time, people learned about the mineral's devastating effects on human health. Dependent on this deadly industry for their community's survival, the residents of Asbestos 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 Asbestos's proud and painful history to reveal the challenges similar resource communities have faced - and continue to face today.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jessica van Horssen is a senior researcher in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester, England.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0774828412
• ISBN 13: 9780774828413
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256