LEADER 03963nam 2200613 450 001 9910453628103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8135-7023-9 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813570235 035 $a(CKB)2550000001138528 035 $a(EBL)1562496 035 $a(OCoLC)862378555 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001152888 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11730023 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001152888 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11147712 035 $a(PQKB)10840985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1562496 035 $a(DE-B1597)529237 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813570235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1562496 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10788805 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL538198 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001138528 100 $a20131113h20132005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAsbestos and fire $etechnological tradeoffs and the body at risk /$fRachel Maines 210 4$dİ2005 210 1$a[New Brunswick], New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-6472-7 311 $a1-306-06947-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tILLUSTRATIONS -- $tTABLES -- $tPREFACE -- $t1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment -- $t2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia -- $t3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain -- $t4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II -- $t5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment -- $t6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration -- $tAPPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850?1990 -- $tAPPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880?1980 -- $tNOTES -- $tINDEX 330 $aFor much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans? changing perceptions about risk. She 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. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility. 606 $aAsbestos 606 $aFireproofing 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAsbestos. 615 0$aFireproofing. 676 $a363.738/494 700 $aMaines$b Rachel$f1950-$0867988 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453628103321 996 $aAsbestos and fire$92460409 997 $aUNINA