Turning Silk Purses into Sows' Ears: Environmental History and the Chemical Industry

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 785-812

  Smith, John K ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85010670230     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/1.4.785     Document Type: Article

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