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- Book Title
- Black Lung : Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster
- Publication Name
- Black Lung
- Title
- Black Lung
- Subtitle
- Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0801482860
- EAN
- 9780801482861
- ISBN
- 9780801482861
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Medical, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Labor & Industrial Relations, Public Health, United States / 20th Century, Industrial Health & Safety, Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 03/07/2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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In the definitive history of a twentieth-century public health disaster, Alan Derickson recounts how, for decades, the combined failure of government, medicine, and industry to halt the spread of black lung disease?and even to acknowledge its existence?resulted in a national tragedy, the effects of which are still being felt.
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801482860
ISBN-13
9780801482861
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222106
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Lung : Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Public Health, United States / 20th Century, Industrial Health & Safety, Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Medical, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rc733.D44 1998
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College Graduate Student
Reviews
Historians from many fields will want to read this book.... Labor historians will want to weigh Derickson's sophisticated take on the unions' on-again, off-again advocacy of health issues. Medical historians will find a quite literal example of the 'social constructedness' of disease. And most readers will find renewed appreciation for the men who spent half their lives gasping for breath, that a nation might light its cities and heat its homes., "In a richly researched and brilliantly argued work, Derickson shows how health professionals' obsession with silicosis prevented the recognition of coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP) as a distinct disease entity, and how it took substantial effort by the workers themselves to force it onto the public agenda. . . This is an impressive book and one that should be read by a wide audience."-Labor History, "Historians from many fields will want to read this book. . . . Labor historians will want to weigh Derickson's sophisticated take on the unions' on-again, off-again advocacy of health issues. Medical historians will find a quite literal example of the 'social constructedness' of disease. And most readers will find renewed appreciation for the men who spent half their lives gasping for breath, that a nation might light its cities and heat its homes."--Pennsylvania History, "The definitive account of this American tragedy, Black Lung is a very important book for the history of American public policy and also adds substantially to our understanding of the industrial revolution."--Kathryn Kish Sklar, Binghamton University, Derickson provides a detailed chronicle of the consequences of the social, political, medical, and economic forces that supported and delayed recognition of black lung as a preventable disease.... His book offers a concise and comprehensive account of a national tragedy with heavy financial and human cost., Black Lung is a masterful piece of work that finally brings together all the elements of labor, medical, political, and social history., A passionately argued study of a 'disease' that has in the past century and a half been constructed, dismissed, and reconstructed, Black Lung is an important addition to a growing literature on the history of occupational health., "This volume is a significant contribution to American labor history and to the history of occupational health, but it is also an important cautionary tale whose implications for today's 'science wars' should not go unnoticed. . . . Derickson has written an important book, worthy of the attention of all medical historians."-Bulletin of the History of Medicine, "Black Lung is a masterful piece of work that finally brings together all the elements of labor, medical, political, and social history."-David Rosner, Columbia University, "An important contribution to the history of the coal industry and its economic and social impact. . . . Derickson focuses on the health consequences of mining coal, tracing the scientific, medical, labor, and political histories of black-lung disease, the respiratory illness caused by breathing coal dust. Perhaps most disturbing is Derickson's assertion that the effects of exposure to coal dust were known at the turn of the century and that preventative measures could have been implemented; instead, millions either died or suffered the debilitating effects of the disease."-Booklist, The definitive account of this American tragedy, Black Lung is a very important book for the history of American public policy and also adds substantially to our understanding of the industrial revolution., Derickson's dissection of this public health disaster leaves the reader cringing.... It is a solid professional history. Derickson's story is well documented with an impressive range of published sources, archival documents, and oral interviews.... This book is an impressive contribution to occupational health history, to labor history, and to United States history in general., "This volume is a significant contribution to American labor history and to the history of occupational health, but it is also an important cautionary tale whose implications for today's 'science wars' should not go unnoticed. . . . Derickson has written an important book, worthy of the attention of all medical historians."--Bulletin of the History of Medicine, "In a richly researched and brilliantly argued work, Derickson shows how health professionals' obsession with silicosis prevented the recognition of coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP) as a distinct disease entity, and how it took substantial effort by the workers themselves to force it onto the public agenda. . . This is an impressive book and one that should be read by a wide audience."--Labor History, "Derickson's dissection of this public health disaster leaves the reader cringing. . . . It is a solid professional history. Derickson's story is well documented with an impressive range of published sources, archival documents, and oral interviews. . . . This book is an impressive contribution to occupational health history, to labor history, and to United States history in general."-- American Historical Review, "Alan Derickson's Black Lung chronicles a century of betrayal of the coal miners-decades of duplicity, cover-up, and cowardliness by the coal barons, government officials, and the miners' own union leaders."-Ralph Nader, In a richly researched and brilliantly argued work, Derickson shows how health professionals' obsession with silicosis prevented the recognition of coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP) as a distinct disease entity, and how it took substantial effort by the workers themselves to force it onto the public agenda.... This is an impressive book and one that should be read by a wide audience., "Alan Derickson's Black Lung chronicles a century of betrayal of the coal miners--decades of duplicity, cover-up, and cowardliness by the coal barons, government officials, and the miners' own union leaders."--Ralph Nader, "Derickson provides a detailed chronicle of the consequences of the social, political, medical, and economic forces that supported and delayed recognition of black lung as a preventable disease. . . . His book offers a concise and comprehensive account of a national tragedy with heavy financial and human cost."--Choice, "The definitive account of this American tragedy, Black Lung is a very important book for the history of American public policy and also adds substantially to our understanding of the industrial revolution."-Kathryn Kish Sklar, Binghamton University, Alan Derickson's Black Lung chronicles a century of betrayal of the coal miners--decades of duplicity, cover-up, and cowardliness by the coal barons, government officials, and the miners' own union leaders., "Derickson provides a detailed chronicle of the consequences of the social, political, medical, and economic forces that supported and delayed recognition of black lung as a preventable disease. . . . His book offers a concise and comprehensive account of a national tragedy with heavy financial and human cost."-Choice, "Black Lung is a masterful piece of work that finally brings together all the elements of labor, medical, political, and social history."--David Rosner, Columbia University, "A passionately argued study of a 'disease' that has in the past century and a half been constructed, dismissed, and reconstructed, Black Lung is an important addition to a growing literature on the history of occupational health."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University, "Derickson's dissection of this public health disaster leaves the reader cringing. . . . It is a solid professional history. Derickson's story is well documented with an impressive range of published sources, archival documents, and oral interviews. . . . This book is an impressive contribution to occupational health history, to labor history, and to United States history in general."- American Historical Review, "An important contribution to the history of the coal industry and its economic and social impact. . . . Derickson focuses on the health consequences of mining coal, tracing the scientific, medical, labor, and political histories of black-lung disease, the respiratory illness caused by breathing coal dust. Perhaps most disturbing is Derickson's assertion that the effects of exposure to coal dust were known at the turn of the century and that preventative measures could have been implemented; instead, millions either died or suffered the debilitating effects of the disease."--Booklist, This volume is a significant contribution to American labor history and to the history of occupational health, but it is also an important cautionary tale whose implications for today's 'science wars' should not go unnoticed.... Derickson has written an important book, worthy of the attention of all medical historians., An important contribution to the history of the coal industry and its economic and social impact.... Derickson focuses on the health consequences of mining coal, tracing the scientific, medical, labor, and political histories of black-lung disease, the respiratory illness caused by breathing coal dust. Perhaps most disturbing is Derickson's assertion that the effects of exposure to coal dust were known at the turn of the century and that preventative measures could have been implemented; instead, millions either died or suffered the debilitating effects of the disease., "A passionately argued study of a 'disease' that has in the past century and a half been constructed, dismissed, and reconstructed, Black Lung is an important addition to a growing literature on the history of occupational health."-Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University, "Historians from many fields will want to read this book. . . . Labor historians will want to weigh Derickson's sophisticated take on the unions' on-again, off-again advocacy of health issues. Medical historians will find a quite literal example of the 'social constructedness' of disease. And most readers will find renewed appreciation for the men who spent half their lives gasping for breath, that a nation might light its cities and heat its homes."-Pennsylvania History
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
98-013612
Dewey Decimal
616.2/44
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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