Sublime Lead

At the Intersection of Art, Science, and Politics

Alanah Fitch (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

840 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-979784-4 (ISBN)

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Lead is a silent toxin that became the fascination of humanity early on. The story of lead has been portrayed simply as evil vs good, but it is far more complex than one thinks. It is a story of many individuals and many cultures, mythologies, and wonders. This book explores the fantastic utility and art of lead and chronologically presents the history of humanity's complex social and scientific relationship with it. Beginning with the distant geologic origin of lead ore bodies, ancient mining, and the technology of the world from pre-Roman to medieval ages to a focus on modern technology, toxicology, the social aspects of lead poisoning, the U.S. lead industry, and present-day lawsuits that involve lead, it guides readers down a path of discovery that parallels our discovery of lead. Avoiding a reductionist perspective, the text instead holistically analyzes how societal decisions are made with respect to promoting or curtailing a particular technology. Each chapter includes sections that detail the chemical underpinnings of the discussed topics, and an appendix of tables serves as a helpful scientific reference for readers.

Useful and interesting to both scientists and general readers, Sublime Lead places science and technology in a historical context, explaining not only applicable chemical principles, but also the massive social impact of lead on humanity.

Alanah Fitch holds a Masters in soil science from the University of Arizona, a PhD in soil chemistry from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, and postdoctoral degrees in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Northwestern University. Her subsequent 34-year academic career was based at Loyola University Chicago in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry where she currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus.

Chapter 1
Cosmology "The Dry Way": The First Key: Lead

Chapter 2
Antiquity: Science and Politics: A Monstrous Parasite

Chapter 3
Art: Heavy Metal

Chapter 4
Antiquity: Lustful Desire

Chapter 5
Central Asia 400 to 1200, The Wet Way: Distillation

Chapter 6
Medieval Europe ca. 1000 to ca 1450: Illuminated

Chapter 7
Europe 1450 to ca. 1530: Who Chooseth Me

Chapter 8
The World: 1500s A New Way?: The Secret of Amalgamation

Chapter 9
Europe ca 1600 to ca. 1700: White Lead and Leaded Glass

Chapter 10
Industrialization: Bingeing on Lead

Chapter 11
Europe 1800s: Indigestion

Chapter 12
America 1800s: Birth of Mining Towns

Chapter 13
America Early 1900: Growth and Pushback

Chapter 14
America 1930-1950: Prometheus Unbound

Chapter 15
America 1960-1980: A Philosophical Question Is Addresssed

Chapter 16
America 1980 to 2000: One Foot in the Grave: Death of Mining Towns.

Chapter 17
America 1990-2015: Follow the Money

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2023
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Anorganische Chemie
ISBN-10	0-19-979784-6 / 0199797846
ISBN-13	978-0-19-979784-4 / 9780199797844
Zustand	Neuware