Regulating Health and Safety in the British Mining Industries, 1800-1914

Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Industrialization and the frequency and nature of risk; The rise of a reforming interest and the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842; Organized labour and the Home Office; Intervention in coal mining, 1850-1887; The Kinnaird Commission and the regulation of metalliferous mining; The Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act of 1872; Scientific, technological and medical advances; Hazards and heroics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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• História inglesa e irlandesa
• História do século 20: c 1900 a c 2000
• História social e cultural
• História moderna para o século 20: c1700 a c 1900
• Indústria mineira

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