Toxic airs
Subtitle: body, place, planet in historical perspective
By: edited by James Rodger Fleming and Ann Johnson
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780822962908
Subjects: Air; Pollution; History; Environmental sciences; Science; SCIENCE / Environmental Science; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History
Description: "Toxic Airs brings together historians of medicine, environmental historians, historians of science and technology, and interdisciplinary scholars to address atmospheric issues at a spectrum of scales from body to place to planet. The chapters analyze airborne and atmospheric threats posed to humans. The contributors demonstrate how conceptions of toxicity have evolved over many centuries and how humans have both created and mitigated toxins in the air"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.