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Graphic novel: Asbestos, PQ
This graphic novel tells the story of a town shaped by asbestos mining.
This graphic novel tells the story of a town shaped by asbestos mining.
Brian Black tells the cultural and environmental history of Oil Creek Valley in Pennsylvania, and investigates the relations among oil production, industrialization, and local residents.
Garbage, wastewater, and hazardous waste: these are the lenses through which Melosi views nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. In broad overviews and specific case studies, Melosi treats the relationship between industrial expansion and urban growth from an ecological perspective.