TY - BOOK ID - 78719084 TI - When the air became important PY - 2019 SN - 0813587980 9780813587974 0813587972 9780813587981 9780813587967 0813587964 PB - New Brunswick DB - UniCat KW - Textile workers KW - Air quality KW - Work environment KW - Climate, Workplace KW - Environment, Work KW - Places of work KW - Work places KW - Working conditions, Physical KW - Working environment KW - Workplace KW - Workplace climate KW - Workplace environment KW - Worksite environment KW - Environmental engineering KW - Industrial engineering KW - Air KW - Quality of air KW - Environmental quality KW - Textile industry KW - Employees KW - Diseases KW - History KW - Quality KW - Pollution KW - Occupational Diseases KW - Textile Industry KW - Air Pollution KW - Environmental Exposure KW - Social Conditions KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - history KW - England. KW - E-books KW - 20th Cent. History (Medicine) KW - 20th Cent. History of Medicine KW - 20th Cent. Medicine KW - Historical Events, 20th Century KW - History of Medicine, 20th Cent. KW - History, Twentieth Century KW - Medical History, 20th Cent. KW - Medicine, 20th Cent. KW - 20th Century History KW - 20th Cent. Histories (Medicine) KW - 20th Century Histories KW - Cent. Histories, 20th (Medicine) KW - Cent. History, 20th (Medicine) KW - Century Histories, 20th KW - Century Histories, Twentieth KW - Century History, 20th KW - Century History, Twentieth KW - Histories, 20th Cent. (Medicine) KW - Histories, 20th Century KW - Histories, Twentieth Century KW - History, 20th Cent. (Medicine) KW - Twentieth Century Histories KW - Twentieth Century History KW - 19th Cent. History (Medicine) KW - 19th Cent. History of Medicine KW - 19th Cent. Medicine KW - Historical Events, 19th Century KW - History of Medicine, 19th Cent. KW - History, Nineteenth Century KW - Medical History, 19th Cent. KW - Medicine, 19th Cent. KW - 19th Century History KW - 19th Cent. Histories (Medicine) KW - 19th Century Histories KW - Cent. Histories, 19th (Medicine) KW - Cent. History, 19th (Medicine) KW - Century Histories, 19th KW - Century Histories, Nineteenth KW - Century History, 19th KW - Century History, Nineteenth KW - Histories, 19th Cent. (Medicine) KW - Histories, 19th Century KW - Histories, Nineteenth Century KW - History, 19th Cent. (Medicine) KW - Nineteenth Century Histories KW - Nineteenth Century History KW - Industry, Textile KW - Industries, Textile KW - Textile Industries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78719084 AB - In When the Air Became Important, medical historian Janet Greenlees examines the working environments of the heartlands of the British and American cotton textile industries from the nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. Greenlees contends that the air quality within these pioneering workplaces was a key contributor to the health of the wider communities of which they were a part. Such enclosed environments, where large numbers of people labored in close quarters, were ideal settings for the rapid spread of diseases including tuberculosis, bronchitis and pneumonia. When workers left the factories for home, these diseases were transmitted throughout the local population, yet operatives also brought diseases into the factory. Other aerial hazards common to both the community and workplace included poor ventilation and noise. Emphasizing the importance of the peculiarities of place as well as employers' balance of workers' health against manufacturing needs, Greenlees's pioneering book sheds light on the roots of contemporary environmentalism and occupational health reform. Her work highlights the complicated relationships among local business, local and national politics of health, and community priorities. ER -