Awards

• Winner of Wadsworth Prize 2009.
• Winner of Winner of the Wadsworth Prize in Business History 2009 awarded by the Business Archives Council.

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...Fascinating and thoughtful study of the asbestos industry...I found McCulloch and Tweedale's account a valuable addition to an already large literature. By globalizing the asbestos story, the authors reveal the tactics that have protected the industry for decades from sustained, intense criticism, and they clarify the challenges that remain in defending the victims whose lives have been irreparably damaged and in protecting us all from the threat of future injuries by this industry. Given all that has been written and said about asbestos over the past 30 years is there anything else worth knowing? Do we really need another book on asbestos? After reading Defending the Indefensible the emphatic answer I reached was yes. This book is a tour-de-force of informed and concerned scholarship. Labour History [A] compelling book. The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9660 An important and particularly essential addition to the existing literature on asbestos; its history, usage and controversial values of benefit and disaster...Splendidly presented and annotated... This is a brilliant text which answers many startling new questions and asks a good many more. RoSPA Occupational Safety and Health Journal

...Fascinating and thoughtful study of the asbestos industry...I found McCulloch and Tweedale's account a valuable addition to an already large literature. By globalizing the asbestos story, the authors reveal the tactics that have protected the industry for decades from sustained, intense criticism, and they clarify the challenges that remain in defending the victims whose lives have been irreparably damaged and in protecting us all from the threat of future injuries by this industry. Marc J. Stern, Business History Given all that has been written and said about asbestos over the past 30 years is there anything else worth knowing? Do we really need another book on asbestos? After reading Defending the Indefensible the emphatic answer I reached was yes. This book is a tour-de-force of informed and concerned scholarship. Labour History [A] compelling book. The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9660 An important and particularly essential addition to the existing literature on asbestos; its history, usage and controversial values of benefit and disaster...Splendidly presented and annotated... This is a brilliant text which answers many startling new questions and asks a good many more. RoSPA Occupational Safety and Health Journal

...fascinating and thoughtful study of the asbestos industry...I found McCulloch and Tweedale's account a valuable addition to an already large literature. By globalizing the asbestos story, the authors reveal the tactics that have protected the industry for decades from sustained, intense criticism, and they clarify the challenges that remain in defending the victims whose lives have been irreparably damaged and in protecting us all from the threat of future injuries by this industry. given all that has been written and said about asbestos over the past 30 years is there anything else worth knowing? Do we really need another book on asbestos? After reading Defending the Indefensible the emphatic answer I reached was yes. This book is a tour-de-force of informed and concerned scholarship. Labour History [a] compelling book. The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9660

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Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey Tweedale are historians with long-term research interests in health, corporate history, and mining. They have published widely on the history of industrial hazards. They have written three books on the asbestos industry covering manufacture and mining in the UK, South Africa, and Australia.

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