Exploring the Dangerous Trades

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Exploring the Dangerous Trades is Alice Hamilton’s influential autobiographical account of her pioneering investigations into industrial diseases and workplace hazards in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
about development of public health policy
hazards faced by industrial workers
relationship between medicine and industry
social reform in industrial America
author Alice Hamilton NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesPlace American factories
United States NERFINISHED
industrial workplaces
documents case studies of industrial workers
development of occupational health standards
investigations into workplace hazards
field industrial hygiene history
occupational medicine
public health history
focusesOn industrial toxicology
labor conditions
lead poisoning
medical investigations of industry
occupational safety reforms
genre autobiography
nonfiction
hasPerspective first-person narrative
hasProtagonist Alice Hamilton NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
mainSubject industrial diseases
industrial hygiene
occupational health
progressive era reform
public health
women in science
workplace hazards
narrativeForm memoir
portrays Alice Hamilton’s career
pioneering work in industrial medicine
significance important source on early industrial hygiene
influential work in occupational health history
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century

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Alice Hamilton notableWork Exploring the Dangerous Trades