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  • Defending the Indefensible

    The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival

    by Jock McCulloch, Geoffrey Tweedale ...
    In the early twentieth century, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver. In 1960, however, it became known that even relatively brief exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a virulent and lethal cancer. Yet the bulk of the world's asbestos was mined after 1960. Asbestos usage in many countries continued unabated. This is the first global history of how the asbestos industry and its allies ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • South Africa's Gold Mines and the Politics of Silicosis

    by Jock McCulloch ...
    South Africa's gold mines are the largest and historically among the most profitable in the world. Yet at what human cost? This book reveals how the mining industry, abetted by a minority state, hid a pandemic of silicosis for almost a century and allowed miners infected with tuberculosis to spread disease to rural communities in South Africa and to labour-sending states.In the twentieth century, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • In the Twilight of Revolution

    The Political Theory of Amilcar Cabral

    by Jock McCulloch ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy
    First published in 1983. Amilcar Cabral was one of Africa’s leading revolutionary figures. Universally recognised as the founding father at the independent state of Guiné-Bissau, he was also the first truly important political thinker to have emerged from Africa’s two decades of revolution. This book was the first publication to present a critical analysis of his standing as a political theorist ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Defending the Indefensible

    The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival

    by Jock McCulloch, Geoffrey Tweedale ...
    In the early twentieth century, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver. In 1960, however, it became known that even relatively brief exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a virulent and lethal cancer. Yet the bulk of the world's asbestos was mined after 1960. Asbestos usage in many countries continued unabated. This is the first global history of how the asbestos industry and its allies ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance

    Occupational Lung Disease and the Buying and Selling of Labour in Southern Africa

    by Jock McCulloch, Pavla Miller ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    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 ... Read more

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  • My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Britain transformed, 1918-97

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    Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, s... ... Read more

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  • UKIP

    Inside the Campaign to Redraw the Map of British Politics

    by Matthew Goodwin, Caitlin Milazzo ...
    The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation. Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, the party has enjoyed a remarkable rise, winning the 2014 European Parliament elections as well as two parliamentary by-elections, and attracting mainstream defectors to achieve major party status. By the time of the 2015 general election, Farage and Ukip ... Read more

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  • Blot on the Landscape and Centre of Resistance: A Social and Economic History of Korsten

    by Janet Cherry ...
    At the height of apartheid in South Africa, a small suburb in the city of Port Elizabeth became a thorn in the side of the government. While the country was systematically racially divided, Korsten persisted as a non-racial enclave. The story of this community and it's unique place in South African history is told through contemporary sources and the recollections of residents. ... Read more

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  • Arguing for Independence

    Evidence, Risk and the Wicked Issues

    by Stephen Maxwell ...
    Series Book 8 - Viewpoints
    Shortlisted for 'Polemic of the Year' at The Paddy Power/Total Politics Political Book Awards 2013!Following an introductory chapter exploring why political argument deals in probability and plausibility across interdependent areas of social activity not certainty in individual areas, this book offers a case for independence under six main headings - the democratic case, the economic case, the ... Read more

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  • Takeover

    Explaining the Extraordinary Rise of the SNP

    by Rob Johns ...
    Even before soaring to the apparently impossible challenge of an outright majority at Holyrood in 2011, the Scottish National Party had long dominated the political narrative in Scotland. With the independence referendum in 2014 and their near clean sweep in the general election the following year, the full force of the SNP's power was felt throughout the UK. Now, with the party's rivals still ... Read more

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