The Cotton Dust Papers: Science, Politics, and Power in the Discovery of Byssinosis in the U.S

by Mary Lee Dunn, Gregory Delaurier, Charles Levenstein

"The Cotton Dust Papers" is the story of the 50-year struggle for recognition in the U.S. of this pernicious occupational disease. The authors contend that byssinosis could have and should have been recognized much sooner, as a great deal was known about the disease as early as the 1930s. Using mostly primary sources, the authors explore three instances from the 1930s to the 1960s in which evidence suggested the existence of brown lung in the mills,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895032651
• ISBN13: 9780895032652
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.