Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 2009-1 No 56-1, 2009/1 - pagesPages 5 to 11The History of Occupational Diseases at the Basis of Health Policies at WorkBy Paul-André Rosental, Catherine OmnèsPages 11 to 27Workplace Risk Perceptions in the Second Half of the 19th Century: Knowledge, Denial, and PreventionBy Caroline MoriceauPages 29 to 60Social Reform during Tea Time: English Porcelain, The British Empire, and the Health of Female Workers in Staffordshire (1864 – 1914)By Julien VincentPages 61 to 82From the Perception of Professional Risks to the Practices of Prevention: The Construction of an Acceptable RiskBy Catherine OmnèsPages 83 to 98Silicosis and the Challenges of the notion of “Occupational Diseases”By Paul-André RosentalPages 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 CenturyBy Jean-Claude Devinck, Paul-André RosentalPages 127 to 141When Silicosis Was not an Occupational DiseaseBy Éric GeerkensPages 142 to 176National Hygiene, Civil Society and the Recognition of Silicosis as an Occupational Disease in Japan (1868 – 1960)By Bernard ThomannPages 177 to 196Occupational Disease Victims Facing Administrative Denial: The Lasting Fight against Musculo-Skeletal Disorders (1919 – 1972)By Nicolas HatzfeldPages 197 to 226Eternit and the Dangers of Fiber Cement 1922 – 2006By Odette Hardy-HémeryPages 227 to 253Courtroom HistoryBy David Rosner, Gerald Markowitz