Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / / Rachel Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/494 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos
Fireproofing |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8135-7023-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment -- 2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia -- 3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain -- 4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II -- 5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment -- 6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration -- APPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850–1990 -- APPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880–1980 -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453628103321 |
Maines Rachel <1950->
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Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / / Rachel Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/494 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos
Fireproofing |
ISBN | 0-8135-7023-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment -- 2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia -- 3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain -- 4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II -- 5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment -- 6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration -- APPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850–1990 -- APPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880–1980 -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790800303321 |
Maines Rachel <1950->
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©2005 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / / Rachel Maines |
Autore | Maines Rachel <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/494 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos
Fireproofing |
ISBN | 0-8135-7023-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment -- 2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia -- 3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain -- 4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II -- 5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment -- 6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration -- APPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850–1990 -- APPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880–1980 -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818783803321 |
Maines Rachel <1950->
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