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South Africa´s Gold Mines and the Politics of Silicosis
Jock Mcculloch
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Paperback. Series: African Issues. 202 pages, 2, 2 black and white. Examines the twentieth-century silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KNAT; KNXC. Dimension: 151 x 215 x 13. Weight: 298.
Examines the silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century. South Africa's gold mines are the largest and historically among the most profitable in the world. Yet at what human cost? This book reveals how the mining industry, abetted by a minority state, hid a pandemic of silicosis for almost a century and allowed miners infected with tuberculosis to spread disease to rural communities in South Africa and to labour-sending states. In the twentieth century, South African ... Read more
Examines the silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century. South Africa's gold mines are the largest and historically among the most profitable in the world. Yet at what human cost? This book reveals how the mining industry, abetted by a minority state, hid a pandemic of silicosis for almost a century and allowed miners infected with tuberculosis to spread disease to rural communities in South Africa and to labour-sending states. In the twentieth century, South African ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010599
SKU
V9781847010599
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Reviews for South Africa´s Gold Mines and the Politics of Silicosis
Makes an important contribution to our understanding of the politics of health, work, science and regulation in southern Africa. The issues it raises are not limited to silicosis nor confined to the apartheid period.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING REVIEW
Makes a significant contribution to a vibrant literature. [...] A fine book.
SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE
'a path-breaking ... Read more
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING REVIEW
Makes a significant contribution to a vibrant literature. [...] A fine book.
SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE
'a path-breaking ... Read more