South Africa S Gold Mines The Politics Of Silicosis
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South Africa S Gold Mines The Politics Of Silicosis
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Author : Jock McCulloch
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2012
South Africa S Gold Mines The Politics Of Silicosis written by Jock McCulloch and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Examines the silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century. 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, South African mines twice faced a crisis over silicosis, which put its workers at risk of contracting pulmonary tuberculosis, often fatal. The first crisis, 1896-1912, saw the mining industry invest heavily in reducing dust and South Africa became renowned for its mine safety. The second began in 2000 with mounting scientific evidence that the disease rate among miners is more than a hundred times higher than officially acknowledged. The first crisis also focused upon disease among the minority white miners: the current crisis is about black migrant workers, and is subject to major class actions for compensation. Jock McCulloch was a Legislative Research Specialist for the Australian parliament and has taught at various universities. His books include Asbestos Blues. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland & Botswana): Jacana
South Africa S Gold Mines And The Politics Of Silicosis
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language : en
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Release Date : 2012
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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, South African mines twice faced a crisis over silicosis, which put its workers at risk of contracting pulmonary tuberculosis, often fatal. The first crisis, 1896-1912, saw the mining industry invest heavily in reducing dust and South Africa became renowned for its mine safety. The second began in 2000 with mounting scientific evidence that the disease rate among miners is more than a hundred times higher than officially acknowledged. The first crisis also focused upon disease among the minority white miners: the current crisis is about black migrant workers, and is subject to major class actions for compensation. Jock McCulloch was a Legislative Research Specialist for the Australian parliament and has taught at various universities. His books include 'Asbestos Blues'. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland & Botswana) : Jacana.
South Africa S Gold Mines And The Politics Of Silicosis
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Author : Jock McCulloch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
South Africa S Gold Mines And The Politics Of Silicosis written by Jock McCulloch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with HISTORY categories.
The White Death
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Author : Elaine Katz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The White Death written by Elaine Katz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Silicosis, or miners' phthisis, is an occupational incurable disease caused by prolonged exposure to dust containing microscopic silica particles. This book focuses on the daily lives of ordinary working people, and builds a picture of the devastation wrought by The White Death.
Mining Gold And Manufacturing Ignorance
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Author : Jock McCulloch
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-03-20
Mining Gold And Manufacturing Ignorance written by Jock McCulloch and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-20 with Medical categories.
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.
Broke And Broken
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Author : Lucas Ledwaba
language : en
Publisher: Blackbird Books
Release Date : 2017-04-25
Broke And Broken written by Lucas Ledwaba and has been published by Blackbird Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
In 1889 a gold rush broke out on the Witwatersrand, changing South Africa's history forever. More than 130 years later the mining industry is still one of the biggest drivers of the economy, but at the expense of those who work underground. Broke & Broken is the story of the thousands of men from South Africa and beyond its borders who paid with their lives for generations. These are men who left their homes as healthy, ambitious youngsters and returned broke, broken and bitter; victims of the shameful legacy of gold mining. The book seeks to say the names of the mineworkers who have built this country's economy, because their own stories and their own spirits need to be magnified. The precious stone they spent most of their lives digging brought no shine to their lives - only pain, tears and death.
The Silicosis Of The South African Gold Mines And The Changes Produced In It By Legislative And Administrative Efforts
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Author : Wilfred Watkins-Pitchford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1927
The Silicosis Of The South African Gold Mines And The Changes Produced In It By Legislative And Administrative Efforts written by Wilfred Watkins-Pitchford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1927 with categories.
Gold Mining And Politics
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Author : Arthur Andrew Mawby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Gold Mining And Politics written by Arthur Andrew Mawby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The attempt here is to find and explanation of the Reconstruction by focussing on two groups which were at its heart- the rand British industiral population, and the mining financiers who were so influential amongst them. Futhermore, the intimate relationship between the two groups, which was both collaborative and combative, has never been choroughly analyzed.
Our Precious Metal
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Author : Wilmot Godfrey James
language : en
Publisher: New Africa Books
Release Date : 1992
Our Precious Metal written by Wilmot Godfrey James and has been published by New Africa Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Since the early 1970s, the South African gold-mining industry, for decades dominated by a set of fixed and unchanging features, has undergone a transformation. Above all, it is in the area of labour relations that changes have been most rapid and profound. Faced with a crisis in traditional patterns of labour recruitment, the mines have been forced to revise their sourcing and recruiting strategies and in so doing have struck at the heart of the migrant labour system. At the same time, in an attempt to contain the crisis of control, the mines have, for the first time in a hundred years, permitted trade unions to organise among workers, and in consequence the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has emerged as a powerful force in the industry. These processes are the subject of Wilmot James's sociological and historical study of African mine workers, which provides the first major account in twenty years of labour in South Africa's gold industry. In his lucid and original analysis, based on material much of which was not previously available to researchers, Wilmot James traces the interlocking developments which have brought about a transformation in the gold industry, and relates these to wider processes of change in contemporary South African society.
South Africa S Labor Empire
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Author : Jonathan Crush
language : en
Publisher: David Philip Publishers
Release Date : 1991
South Africa S Labor Empire written by Jonathan Crush and has been published by David Philip Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Apartheid categories.