A Town Called Asbestos - Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community (Paperback)

For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos from the town of Asbestos, Quebec, to produce fire-retardant products. Then, over time, people learned about the mineral's devastating effects on human health. Dependent on this deadly industry for their community's survival, the residents of Asbestos developed a unique, place-based understanding of their local environment; the risks they faced living next to the giant opencast mine; and their place within the global resource trade. This book unearths the local-global tensions that defined Asbestos's proud and painful history to reveal the challenges similar resource communities have faced - and continue to face today.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Nature | History | Society
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Jessica Van Horssen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-2842-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medicolegal issues Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-7748-2842-0
Barcode:	9780774828420

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