{"product_id":"toxic-airs-body-place-planet-in-historical-perspective-paperback","title":"Toxic Airs: Body, Place, Planet in Historical Perspective - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Rodger Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnn Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToxic Airs brings together historians of medicine, environmental historians, historians of science and technology, and interdisciplinary scholars to address atmospheric issues on a spectrum of scales from body to place to planet. The chapters analyze airborne and atmospheric threats posed to humans, and contributors demonstrate how conceptions of toxicity have evolved and how humans have both created and mitigated toxins in the air. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Specific topics discussed include medieval beliefs in the pestilent breath of witches, malarial theory in India, domestic and military use of tear gas, Gulf War Syndrome, Los Angeles smog, automotive emissions control, the epidemiological effects of air pollution, transboundary air pollution, ozone depletion, the contributions of contemporary artists to climate awareness, and the toxic history of carbon \"die\"-oxide. Overall, the essays provide a wide-ranging historical study of interest to students and scholars of many disciplines.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Rodger Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of science, technology, and society at Colby College and a visiting lecturer and officer at Columbia University. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eFixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Sally Hacker Book Prize from the Society for the History of Technology and the Lewis J. Battan Author's Award from the American Meteorological Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53147267465523,"sku":"9780822962908","price":104.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/3ZfE8bgbwu9780822962908.webp?v=1773878214","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/toxic-airs-body-place-planet-in-historical-perspective-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}