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The Cotton Dust Papers : Science, Politics, and Power in the Discovery of Byssinosis in the U. S.

Levenstein, Charles.

The Cotton Dust Papers : Science, Politics, and Power in the Discovery of Byssinosis in the U. S. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (177 pages) - Work, Health and Environment Series . - Work, Health and Environment Series .

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. By Any Other Name: Brown Lung and The Social Recognition of Disease -- Chapter 2. "Kiss of Death": Banning the Suction Shuttle in Massachusetts -- Chapter 3. Textiles Move South, 1920-1940 -- Chapter 4. Cotton Colic -- Chapter 5. The Harvard Cotton Dust Project -- Chapter 6. "We Were Running from It, Really": Workers' Compensation and Byssinosis, 1950-1968 -- Chapter 7. Georgia and the "Mysterious Disease" of Byssinosis -- Chapter 8. Bouhuys' Disease -- Chapter 9. Brown Lung and the Dilemmas of a Novice Investigator, 1968-1969 -- Chapter 10. Full Circle: "Burlington's Disease" -- Chapter 11. Brown Lung and the Lessons for Occupational Health and Safety -- Index.

9781351841290


Byssinosis-United States-History.
Textile workers-Diseases-United States-History.


Electronic books.

RC775.B9 .L48 2017

613.62

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