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Toxic Airs - Body, Place, Planet in Historical Perspective (Paperback)
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Toxic Airs - Body, Place, Planet in Historical Perspective (Paperback)
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"Toxic Airs "brings together historians of medicine, environmental
historians, historians of science and technology, and
interdisciplinary scholars to address atmospheric issues on a
spectrum of scales from body to place to planet. The chapters
analyze airborne and atmospheric threats posed to humans, and
contributors demonstrate how conceptions of toxicity have evolved
and how humans have both created and mitigated toxins in the air.
Specific topics discussed include medieval beliefs in the
pestilent breath of witches, malarial theory in India, domestic and
military use of tear gas, Gulf War Syndrome, Los Angeles smog,
automotive emissions control, the epidemiological effects of air
pollution, transboundary air pollution, ozone depletion, the
contributions of contemporary artists to climate awareness, and the
toxic history of carbon "die"-oxide. Overall, the essays provide a
wide-ranging historical study of interest to students and scholars
of many disciplines.
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