When the Air Became Important

A Social History of the New England and Lancashire Textile Industries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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In When the Air Became Important, medical historian Janet Greenlees examines the working environments of the heartlands of the British and American cotton textile industries from the nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. 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. Such enclosed environments, where large numbers of people labored in close quarters, were ideal settings for the rapid spread of diseases including tuberculosis, bronchitis and pneumonia. When workers left the factories for home, these diseases were transmitted throughout the local population, yet operatives also brought diseases into the factory. Other aerial hazards common to both the community and workplace included poor ventilation and noise. Emphasizing the importance of the peculiarities of place as well as employers' balance of workers' health against manufacturing needs, Greenlees's pioneering book sheds light on the roots of contemporary environmentalism and occupational health reform. Her work highlights the complicated relationships among local business, local and national politics of health, and community priorities.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-03-15
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagRutgers University Press
ISBN9780813587967

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ContentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesList of Abbreviations1 Introduction – When does the air in the workplace become important?2 Textile town and mill environments3 Tuberculosis in the factory4 "I used to feel ill with it:" Heat, humidity and fatigue5 Dust: A New Socio-Environmental Relationship6 "The noise were horrendous:" The ignored industrial hazard7 Conclusion: When does the air become important?AcknowledgementsNotesBibliographyIndex

"In this truly comparative social and environmental history of air pollution, Greenlees deftly weaves public health, regulatory politics and labor relations into a prescient reminder that protecting workers from hazardous workplaces remains a pressing issue on a global scale."— Graham Mooney, Johns Hopkins University, and author of Instrusive Interventions: Public Health, Domestic Space, and"This is a promising, important, and long-awaited project—the first comparative history of industry-related hazards in the United States and Britain. The author has synthesized a vast body of research, much of it her own original work. At once comprehensive and selective, When the Air Became Important is illuminating scholarship." — Chris Sellers, Stony Brook University