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03002aam a2200469 i 4500 001 973832DC403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201217010015 008 190814s2020 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019035911 020 $a 1788926803 020 $a 9781788926805 035 $a (OCoLC)1114271840 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sa--- 050 00 $a P40.45.S6 $b T75 2020 100 1 $a Trimbur, John, $e author. 245 10 $a Grassroots literacy and the written record : $b a textual history of asbestos activism in South Africa/ $c John Trimbur. 264 1 $a Bristol, UK ; $b Multilingual Matters, $c [2020] 300 $a xv, 179 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in knowledge production and participation; $v 2 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction. The Study of Asbestos Activism: Circumstances, Motives, and Methods -- On the Periphery: Life in the Kuruman District -- Asbestos Mining and the Written Record: A Brief History -- The Emergence of Asbestos Activism: From the 'Period of Non-Awareness' to the National Asbestos Summit of 1998 -- Grassroots Activism and the Mobility of Documents: The Formation of the AIG -- Insurgent Lawfare: From Asbestos Related-Disease Sufferers to Plaintiffs -- 'The Lawyer Stole the Money': The Political Economy of Compensation -- Conclusion. The Deodand the Protection of Life. 520 $a "This book examines how asbestos activists living in remote rural villages in South Africa activated metropolitan resources of representation at the grassroots level in a quest for justice and restitution for the catastrophic effects on their lives caused by the asbestos industry"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Sociolinguistics $z Kuruman. $z Kuruman. 650 0 $a Literacy $x Political aspects $z Kuruman. $z Kuruman. 650 0 $a Evidence, Documentary $z Kuruman. $z Kuruman. 650 0 $a Asbestos industry $x Health aspects $z Kuruman. $z Kuruman. 650 0 $a Asbestos $x Law and legislation $z Kuruman. $z Kuruman. 650 0 $a Asbestos miners $x Political activity $z Kuruman. $z Kuruman. 650 7 $a Asbestos industry $x Health aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00818384 650 7 $a Asbestos $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00818311 650 7 $a Evidence, Documentary. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917224 650 7 $a Literacy $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999880 650 7 $a Sociolinguistics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123847 651 7 $a South Africa $z Kuruman. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01266304 776 08 $i Online version: $a Trimbur, John, 1946- $t Peripheral literacy and the written record $d Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, 2020. $z 9781788926812 $w (DLC) 2019035912 830 0 $a Studies in knowledge production and participation ; $v 2. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721015348.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=973832DC403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search