Lecturer, University of Maryland
Deborah Rudacille writes about science and health, and teaches at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her latest book is Roots of Steel: Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town (2010).
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Environmental history
A lethal nostalgia
Steel mills, coal mines and blast furnaces have killed and poisoned thousands of Americans – so why mourn their passing?
Deborah Rudacille