Author | : Jessica van Horssen |
File Size | : 52,7 Mb |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 15 January 2016 |
ISBN | : 9780774828444 |
Pages | : 257 pages |
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.