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| Author | : Paul David Blanc |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2016-01-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0300204663 |
When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of "fake silk," or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current "greenwashing" of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.
| Author | : Paul David Blanc |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2016-11-15 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0300224885 |
When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of “fake silk,” or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current “greenwashing” of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.
| Author | : Irmgard Keun |
| Publisher | : Other Press, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2011-06-14 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1590514548 |
In 1931, a young woman writer living in Germany was inspired by Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to describe pre-war Berlin and the age of cinematic glamour through the eyes of a woman. The resulting novel, The Artificial Silk Girl, became an acclaimed bestseller and a masterwork of German literature, in the tradition of Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera. Like Isherwood and Brecht, Keun revealed the dark underside of Berlin's "golden twenties" with empathy and honesty. Unfortunately, a Nazi censorship board banned Keun's work in 1933 and destroyed all existing copies of The Artificial Silk Girl. Only one English translation was published, in Great Britain, before the book disappeared in the chaos of the ensuing war. Today, more than seven decades later, the story of this quintessential "material girl" remains as relevant as ever, as an accessible new translation brings this lost classic to light once more. Other Press is pleased to announce the republication of The Artificial Silk Girl, elegantly translated by noted Germanist Kathie von Ankum, and with a new introduction by Harvard professor Maria Tatar.
| Author | : Dr. Chhavi Rai |
| Publisher | : RED'SHINE Publication. Pvt. Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 938984083X |
| Author | : Stevie Storck |
| Publisher | : Fox Chapel Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2020-09-08 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1607657198 |
Author, interior designer, and faux flower expert Stevie Storck is based out of York, Pennsylvania and has been featured in the Huffington Post, Susquehanna Style, Lancaster Online, and Houzz Also includes artist profiles of other talented designers and influencers in the floral industry Provides high-quality photography and helpful tips on design, color schemes, texture, technique, and composition Organized by season for year-round faux floral ideas Includes step-by-step instructions for 12 projects, such as flower arrangements, wreaths, garlands, wall hangings, and more Learn to make beautiful, long-lasting home décor accents and arrangements using affordable silk flowers that can be easily found in any craft store
| Author | : Alessandro Baricco |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2008-12-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307490955 |
The year is 1861. Hervé Joncour is a French merchant of silkworms, who combs the known world for their gemlike eggs. Then circumstances compel him to travel farther, beyond the edge of the known, to a country legendary for the quality of its silk and its hostility to foreigners: Japan.There Joncour meets a woman. They do not touch; they do not even speak. And he cannot read the note she sends him until he has returned to his own country. But in the moment he does, Joncour is possessed.
| Author | : Julie Parker |
| Publisher | : Rain City Pub |
| Total Pages | : 92 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780963761200 |
| Author | : Guozhong Liu |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2024-09-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1040126405 |
This book provides a detailed introduction to the study of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, explaining the preservation and analysis of the artifacts and their significance in historical research of the pre-Qin period. The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips are a collection of Chinese texts inscribed on approximately 2,500 bamboo slips. They were excavated from a Warring States Period tomb and are now preserved at Tsinghua University. The book delves into the traditions and discoveries of bamboo manuscripts in China and discusses the preservation and research of the slips, covering the procedures of artifact processing, authentication, digitization, editing, and interpretation. The manuscripts are remarkable for their quantity, period of creation, and distinctive content coverage. They contain important historical documents that differ from or are missing from the extant literature. The analysis of these texts helps to unravel some of the unresolved mysteries in pre-Qin historical studies and illuminates scientific achievements of ancient China previously unknown to the world. This book is essential reading for scholars and students of Chinese studies, pre-Qin history, and early literacy. It will also appeal to general readers interested in ancient Chinese history and culture.
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| Total Pages | : 538 |
| Release | : 1928 |
| Genre | : Magic tricks |
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| Author | : Cécile Michel |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2020-11-23 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 3110714418 |
Fakes and forgeries are objects of fascination. This volume contains a series of thirteen articles devoted to fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from the beginnings of writing in Mesopotamia to modern China. The studies emphasise the subtle distinctions conveyed by an established vocabulary relating to the reproduction of ancient artefacts and production of artefacts claiming to be ancient: from copies, replicas and imitations to fakes and forgeries. Fakes are often a response to a demand from the public or scholarly milieu, or even both. The motives behind their production may be economic, political, religious or personal – aspiring to fame or simply playing a joke. Fakes may be revealed by combining the study of their contents, codicological, epigraphic and palaeographic analyses, and scientific investigations. However, certain famous unsolved cases still continue to defy technology today, no matter how advanced it is. Nowadays, one can find fakes in museums and private collections alike; they abound on the antique market, mixed with real artefacts that have often been looted. The scientific community’s attitude to such objects calls for ethical reflection.
