When the air became important : a social history of the New England and Lancashire textile industries / Janet Greenlees.

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Greenlees, Janet, 1966- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Critical issues in health and medicinePublisher: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813587974
0813587972
9780813587981
0813587980

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: When the air became important.DDC classification:

331.3/877094276 23

LOC classification:

RC965.T4 G74 2019eb

NLM classification:

2019 E-418
WA 450

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Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction: When Does the Air in the Workplace Become Important?; Chapter 2. Textile Towns and Mill Environments; Chapter 3. Tuberculosis in the Factory; Chapter 4. "I Used to Feel Ill with It": Heat, Humidity, and Fatigue; Chapter 5. Dust: A New Socio-Environmental Relationship; Chapter 6. "The Noise Were Horrendous": The Ignored Industrial Hazard; Chapter 7. Conclusion: When Does the Air Become Important?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Summary: In When the Air Became Important, medical historian Janet Greenlees examines the working environments of the heartlands of the British and American cotton textile industries from the nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Greenlees contends that the air quality within these pioneering workplaces was a key contributor to the health of the wider communities of which they were a part. Such enclosed environments, where large numbers of people labored in close quarters, were ideal settings for the rapid spread of diseases including tuberculosis, bronchitis and pneumonia. When workers left the factories for home, these diseases were transmitted throughout the local population, yet operatives also brought diseases into the factory. Other aerial hazards common to both the community and workplace included poor ventilation and noise. Emphasizing the importance of the peculiarities of place as well as employers' balance of workers' health against manufacturing needs, Greenlees's pioneering book sheds light on the roots of contemporary environmentalism and occupational health reform. Her work highlights the complicated relationships among local business, local and national politics of health, and community priorities.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.

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In When the Air Became Important, medical historian Janet Greenlees examines the working environments of the heartlands of the British and American cotton textile industries from the nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Greenlees contends that the air quality within these pioneering workplaces was a key contributor to the health of the wider communities of which they were a part. Such enclosed environments, where large numbers of people labored in close quarters, were ideal settings for the rapid spread of diseases including tuberculosis, bronchitis and pneumonia. When workers left the factories for home, these diseases were transmitted throughout the local population, yet operatives also brought diseases into the factory. Other aerial hazards common to both the community and workplace included poor ventilation and noise. Emphasizing the importance of the peculiarities of place as well as employers' balance of workers' health against manufacturing needs, Greenlees's pioneering book sheds light on the roots of contemporary environmentalism and occupational health reform. Her work highlights the complicated relationships among local business, local and national politics of health, and community priorities.

In English.

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