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9780807823316

Radium Girls

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807823316

  • ISBN10:

    0807823317

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-06-01
  • Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

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"A first rate book that .... should be read by social and labor historians as well as policy makers concerned with contemporary issues in occupational disease regulation". David Rosner, Author of Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease

Table of Contents

Preface vii(4)
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(11)
Chapter 1. Watch Alice Glow The New Jersey Radium Dialpainters
12(27)
Chapter 2. The Unknown God Radium, Research, and Businesses
39(26)
Chapter 3. Something about That Factory The Dialpainters and the Consumers' League
65(22)
Chapter 4. A "Hitherto Unrecognized" Occupational Hazard The Discovery of Radium Poisoning
87(25)
Chapter 5. A David Fighting the Goliath of Industrialism Compensation in New Jersey and Connecticut
112(37)
Chapter 6. Is That Watch Fad Worth the Price? Industrial Radium Poisoning and Federal Courts and Agencies
149(21)
Chapter 7. Gimme a Gamma Iatrogenic Radium Poisoning
170(12)
Chapter 8. We Slapped Radium Around Like Cake Frosting Dialpainting in Illinois
182(19)
Conclusion 201(14)
Notes 215(38)
Bibliography 253(28)
Index 281

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