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A TOWN CALLED ASBESTOS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION, HEALTH, AND RESILIENCE IN A RESOURCE COMMUNITY |
| By: |
Jessica van Horssen |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£82.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774828412 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774828413 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2016 |
| Series: |
Nature | History | Society |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
In A Town Called Asbestos, a mining town's proud and painful history is unearthed to reveal the challenges a small resource community faced in a globalized world. |
| Synopsis: |
This engaging book will appeal to people interested in the town of Asbestos and its complicated past, advocacy groups that work in the area of asbestos regulation, the mining industry, and anyone interested in environmental history, labour history, Canadian history, and the history of health and medicine. |
| Illustrations: |
13 photos, 4 graphs, 3 maps |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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