A Town Called Asbestos

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A Town Called Asbestos

Author	: Jessica van Horssen
File Size	: 53,9 Mb
Publisher	: UBC Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 15 January 2016
ISBN	: 9780774828444
Pages	: 257 pages

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A Town Called Asbestos by Jessica van Horssen Book PDF Summary

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.

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