Asbestos house : the secret history of James Hardie Industries /: the secret history of James Hardie Industries. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gideon Haigh.
• Authors: Haigh, Gideon
• Contents: Front Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Prologue: 'I really thought he would want to know ... '; 1 'Let's give them to Hardie's'; 2 'The workers who breathe death'; 3 'We'll shoot the bastard!'; 4 'Pain so dreadful'; 5 'A very unpleasant and profitless war'; 6 'We don't have to worry about that one any more'; 7 'What are we going to do with you?'; 8 'A dirty job that had to be done'; 9 'Asbestosis House'; 10 'Next time you are speaking to the Lord ... '; 11 'I think we're fucked'; 12 'If you don't achieve it, you are gone'; 13 'Plucking figures from the clouds' 14 'Canberra on steroids'15 'Wow. That's much more than I was expecting'; 16 'Possible in future not solvent'; 17 'Lots of hairs on it'; 18 'Beauty contest between warthogs'; 19 'There will be no better friend to the foundation than James Hardie'; 20 'The thing is not defensible'; 21 'I wish now that I'd just belted them'; 22 'Five cents in the dollar and tough titties'; 23 'I am a rock'; 24 'What about the word "dishonest" don't you understand, Mr Macdonald?'; 25 'Who's who in the zoo'; 26 'There's 1.5 billion on the table-you can point to that'; 27 'A nutcutting meeting' Epilogue: 'A class thing'Acknowledgements; A Guide to Sources; Index.
• Publisher Details: Melbourne, Australia : Scribe
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (449 pages)
• Subjects: 363.17; Asbestos industry -- Health aspects -- Australia; Building materials industry -- Australia -- History; Asbestos -- Toxicology -- Australia; Asbestos abatement -- Australia; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Asbestos abatement; Asbestos industry -- Health aspects; Asbestos -- Toxicology; Building materials industry; Australia; Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781925293043; 1925293041; 9781925113457; 1925113450
• Related ISBNs: 9781921215704
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.