Janet Greenlees

When the Air Became Important

A Social History of the New England and Lancashire Textile Industries

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the working environments of the heartlands of the British and American cotton textile industries from the nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Janet Greenlees contends that the air quality within these pioneering workplaces was a key contributor to the health of the wider communities of which they were a part.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780813587967
• ISBN-10: 0813587964
• Artikelnr.: 55198161

Autorenporträt

JANET GREENLEES is an associate professor of history at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. She is the author or editor of several books, including Female Labour Power: Women Workers' Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries, 1780-1860.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1          Introduction - When does the air in the workplace become
important?
2          Textile town and mill environments
3          Tuberculosis in the factory
4          "I used to feel ill with it:" Heat, humidity and fatigue
5          Dust: A New Socio-Environmental Relationship
6          "The noise were horrendous:" The ignored industrial hazard
7          Conclusion: When does the air become important?
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index