The great lead water pipe disaster / Werner Troesken.

Author/creator Troesken, Werner, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Descriptionx, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Water-pipes--Materials. --History.
Lead--Environmental aspects. --History.
Lead--Toxicology. --History.
Drinking water--Lead content. --History.
Pipe, Lead--History.
Lead poisoning--History.

Contents Exhuming Michael Galler -- The significance of the small -- A house for Erasmus -- Fixing Alice -- The latent history of eclampsia -- The secret of Dr. Porritt's society -- A false sense of simplicity -- Responsibility in the court of the absurd -- The legend of Loch Katrine -- Building on the past --Appendix A : estimating the effects of lead water pipes on infant and fetal mortality -- Appendix B : a statistical supplement to The Menace and Geography of Eclampsia -- Appendix C : the correlates of lead solvency.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.
LCCN 2006049401
ISBN0262201674 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780262201674 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TD491 .T76 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold