Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance
Occupational Lung Disease and the Buying and Selling of Labour in Southern Africa
dc.contributor.author | McCulloch, Jock | |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, Pavla | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-18T09:33:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-18T09:33:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2023-04-13T14:05:24Z | |
dc.identifier | ONIX_20230413_9789811983276_53 | |
dc.identifier | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62441 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99065 | |
dc.description.abstract | This open access book charts how South Africa’s gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining. For most of the twentieth century, South Africa was the world’s largest producer of gold. Although the country enjoyed a reputation for leading the world in occupational health legislation, the mining companies developed a system of medical surveillance and workers’ compensation which compromised the health of black gold miners, facilitated the spread of tuberculosis, and ravaged the communities and economies of labour-sending states. The culmination of two decades of meticulous archival research, this book exposes the making, contesting, and unravelling of the companies’ capacity to shape – and corrupt – medical knowledge. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.rights | open access | |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMR Environmental medicine::MMRP Occupational medicine | |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine | |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science | |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history | |
dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTQ Colonialism & imperialism | |
dc.subject.other | Goldmining | |
dc.subject.other | Occupational lung disease | |
dc.subject.other | Silicosis | |
dc.subject.other | Tuberculosis | |
dc.subject.other | Southern Africa | |
dc.subject.other | Occupational injury | |
dc.subject.other | African studies | |
dc.subject.other | Colonialism | |
dc.subject.other | Racism | |
dc.subject.other | History of mining | |
dc.subject.other | Epidemiology | |
dc.title | Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance | |
dc.title.alternative | Occupational Lung Disease and the Buying and Selling of Labour in Southern Africa | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-981-19-8327-6 | |
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oapen.relation.isFundedBy | 29f6d3c7-230a-49b8-8b09-6ccece134b60 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9789811983276 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9789811983269 | |
oapen.imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | |
oapen.pages | 459 | |
oapen.place.publication | Singapore | |
oapen.grant.number | [...] | |
dc.relationisFundedBy | 29f6d3c7-230a-49b8-8b09-6ccece134b60 |
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