| Description |
1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations |
|
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Prologue : Exhuming Michael Galler -- 1. Significance of the small -- 2. A house for Erasmus -- 3. Fixing Alice -- 4. Latent history of eclampsia -- 5. Secret of Dr. Porritt's society -- 6. A false sense of simplicity -- 7. Responsibility in the court of the absurd -- 8. Legend of Loch Katrine -- 9. Building on the past -- Appendix A : Estimating the effects of lead water pipes on infant and fetal mortality -- Appendix B : A statistical supplement to The Menace and Geography of Eclampsia -- Appendix C : Correlates of lead solvency -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
The history of a long-running environmental catastrophe chronicles the harmful effects of lead pipes and their continued use despite evidence that they pose a significant health risk. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water-pipes -- Materials -- History.
|
|
Water-pipes. |
|
Materials. |
|
History. |
|
Lead -- Environmental aspects -- History.
|
|
Lead -- Environmental aspects. |
|
Lead -- Toxicology -- History.
|
|
Lead -- Toxicology. |
|
Drinking water -- Lead content -- History.
|
|
Drinking water -- Lead content. |
|
Pipe, Lead -- History.
|
|
Pipe, Lead. |
|
Lead poisoning -- History.
|
|
Lead poisoning. |
|
Lead Poisoning. |
|
Environmental Exposure. |
|
History, 19th Century. |
|
History, 20th Century. |
|
Water Supply -- history. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1850-2000 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Computer network resources.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Subject |
Gesundheitsschaden -- Materials.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Troesken, Werner, 1963- Great lead water pipe disaster. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006049401 (OCoLC)70176961 |
| ISBN |
9780262285179 (electronic book) |
|
0262285177 (electronic book) |
|
1282097393 |
|
9781282097391 |
|
0262201674 (alkaline paper) |
|
9780262201674 (alkaline paper) |
|
9780262701259 (paperback) |
|
0262701251 (paperback) - not on item) |
|
