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Hazardous chemicals : agents of risk and change, 1800-2000 / edited by Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel.
Van Pelt Library T55.3.H3 H3764 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environment in history ; v. 17.
- The environment in history: international perspectives ; volume 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poisons.
- History.
- Hazardous substances--Environmental aspects.
- Hazardous substances.
- Hazardous substances--History.
- Hazardous substances--Environmental aspects--History.
- Poisons--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 407 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the rise of industrial chemistry over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known substances, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a long-term and transnational framework and demonstrates the importance of considering both the natural and the social contexts in which their histories have unfolded.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hazardous chemicals
- ISBN:
- 9781789203196
- 1789203198
- OCLC:
- 1082543655
- Publisher Number:
- 99982191421
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