Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 2009-1

No 56-1, 2009/1 - 256 pages

Occupational Diseases: The Genesis of a Social Concern

Pages 5 to 11

The History of Occupational Diseases at the Basis of Health Policies at Work

By Paul-André Rosental, Catherine Omnès

Risks at Work

Pages 11 to 27

Workplace Risk Perceptions in the Second Half of the 19th Century: Knowledge, Denial, and Prevention

By Caroline Moriceau

Pages 29 to 60

Social Reform during Tea Time: English Porcelain, The British Empire, and the Health of Female Workers in Staffordshire (1864 – 1914)

By Julien Vincent

Pages 61 to 82

From the Perception of Professional Risks to the Practices of Prevention: The Construction of an Acceptable Risk

By Catherine Omnès

Silicosis: An Exemplary Case

Pages 83 to 98

Silicosis and the Challenges of the notion of “Occupational Diseases”

By Paul-André Rosental

Pages 99 to 126

“A Social Evil with Medical Aspects”: The Reluctant Recognition of Silicosis as an Occupational Disease in France in the First Half of the 20th Century

By Jean-Claude Devinck, Paul-André Rosental

Pages 127 to 141

When Silicosis Was not an Occupational Disease

By Éric Geerkens

Pages 142 to 176

National Hygiene, Civil Society and the Recognition of Silicosis as an Occupational Disease in Japan (1868 – 1960)

By Bernard Thomann

Occupational Diseases: Taking Stock

Pages 177 to 196

Occupational Disease Victims Facing Administrative Denial: The Lasting Fight against Musculo-Skeletal Disorders (1919 – 1972)

By Nicolas Hatzfeld

Pages 197 to 226

Eternit and the Dangers of Fiber Cement 1922 – 2006

By Odette Hardy-Hémery

Pages 227 to 253

Courtroom History

By David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz