Organizing the breathless : cotton dust, southern politics & the Brown Lung Association / Robert E. Botsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Botsch, Robert Emil, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cotton manufacture--Health aspects--Southern States.

Cotton manufacture.

Byssinosis--Social aspects--Southern States.

Byssinosis.

Cotton dust--Health aspects--Southern States.

Cotton dust.

Textile workers--Health and hygiene--Southern States.

Textile workers.

Brown Lung Association--History.

Brown Lung Association.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1970's, textile workers joined forces with a small band of grassroots activists and organizers and challenged the most powerful industrial interest in the heart of Dixie-the cotton textile manufacturers. They located disabled workers and organized them, employing the full range of interest- group tactics, and they creatively engaged in legislative, administrative, and judicial lobbying as well as protest actions-with remarkable success. Robert E. Botsch recounts the history of the Brown Lung Association and details the interaction of the major participants in the rise-and ultimately the...

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. A Southern Tragedy; 1. The Cultural and Political Setting; 2. Compensating Victims and Protecting Workers; 3. Workplace Risk and Scientific Research; 4. The Birth of the Brown Lung Association; 5. Organizational Structure and Life; 6. Noise and Institutional Disruption; 7. The Textile Industry Response; 8. Suffocation; 9. Conclusions; Epilogue; Chronology; Notes; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6218-1

OCLC:

900344907