In a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit, and the Lawyer Who Busted Big Asbestos

by David Kinley

An inside story of asbestos, death, and the fight for justice by thousands of South Africans against a multinational mining corporation intent on denying responsibility.

For nearly 90 years, a British company called Cape used local labor to mine and mill asbestos in South Africa. Poor and mostly Black men, women, and children--some as young as seven--worked every day in clouds of asbestos dust that they carried home to their families,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421451603
• ISBN13: 9781421451602
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"