Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xviii
6. Abbreviations xxi
7. Introduction 3
8. Creation Stories: Asbestos before 1918 17
9. Land with a Future, Not a Past, 1918–49 33
10. Negotiating Risk, 1918–49 50
11. Essential Characteristics, 1918–49 73
12. Bodies Collide: The Strike of 1949 89
13. “Une ville qui se deplace,” 1949–83 116
14. Useful Tools, 1949–83 135
15. Altered Authority, 1949–83 163
16. Conclusion 179
17. Notes 186
18. Bibliography 211
19. Index 224
20. Nature History Society 229