Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance: Occupational Lung Disease and the Buying and Selling of Labour in Southern Africa - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9789811983290ISBN-10:9811983291UPC:9789811983290Book Category:Medical, ScienceBook Subcategory:Occupational & Industrial Medicine, Public Health, HistorySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SC7RYM855D
Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance: Occupational Lung Disease and the Buying and Selling of Labour in Southern Africa
This open access book charts how South Africa's gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining.
For most of the twentieth century, South Africa was the world's largest producer of gold. Although the country enjoyed a reputation for leading the world in occupational health legislation, the mining companies developed a system of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9789811983290ISBN-10:9811983291UPC:9789811983290Book Category:Medical, ScienceBook Subcategory:Occupational & Industrial Medicine, Public Health, HistorySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SC7RYM855D
Jock McCulloch (1945 - 2018) was one of the foremost historians of occupational health of his generation. He also wrote on colonization, race relations, and psychiatry. Jock was Emeritus Professor of History at RMIT University (Australia), and fellow of both the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences and the Academy of the Humanities.
Pavla Miller is Emeritus Professor of Historical Sociology...
Pavla Miller is Emeritus Professor of Historical Sociology...
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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2023 Edition
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