| Coal and the Coast: A Reflection on the Pike River Disaster Contributor(s): Maunder, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1927145260 ISBN-13: 9781927145265 Publisher: Canterbury University Press OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety |
| Dewey: 363.119 |
| LCCN: 2012358987 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.52 lbs) 114 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An observer's account of the Pike River coal mine explosion that killed 29 miners on New Zealand's South Island questions what the miner deaths mean for workplace health and safety. As it debates the future of coal mining in the current climate of change and explains how the West Coast has moved on from the center of radicalism it represented in the early 20th century, this book also analyzes the economic and political aspects associated with mining in New Zealand. |