This thought-provoking and controversial book challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans' changing perceptions about risk. Rachel Maines suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce.
This thought-provoking and controversial book challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans' changing perceptions about risk. Rachel Maines suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce.
Illustrations Tables Preface 1 The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment 2 Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Material 3 The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain 4 Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II 5 Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment 6 The Asbestos Tort Conflagration Appendix A: Some Asbestos End-Uses in the United States, 1850-1990 Appendix B: Selected List of Organizations Specifying Asbestos in Codes, Standards or Recommendations, 1880-1980 Notes Index
Illustrations Tables Preface 1 The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment 2 Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Material 3 The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain 4 Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II 5 Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment 6 The Asbestos Tort Conflagration Appendix A: Some Asbestos End-Uses in the United States, 1850-1990 Appendix B: Selected List of Organizations Specifying Asbestos in Codes, Standards or Recommendations, 1880-1980 Notes Index
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