PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. TABLES x
5. PREFACE xi
6. 1. The Asbestos Technology Decision Environment 1
7. 2. Asbestos before 1880: From Natural Wonder to Industrial Materia 24
8. 3. The Rise of the Asbestos Curtain 45
9. 4. Mass Destruction by Fire: Asbestos in World War II 78
10. 5. Schools, Homes, and Workplaces: Fire Prevention in the Postwar Built Environment 118
11. 6. The Asbestos Tort Conflagration 155
12. APPENDIX A. SOME ASBESTOS END-USES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850–1990 173
13. APPENDIX B. SELECTED LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFYING ASBESTOS IN CODES, STANDARDS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880–1980 181
14. NOTES 187
15. INDEX 245