Phossy Jaw and the French Match Workers

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- I. Occupational health and the State in nineteenth century France -- II. The history of the match industry, of phossy-jaw and efforts to combat it until 1890 -- III. Demography: a profile of the match workers -- IV. The union struggle 1888-1895: Four strikes -- V. The union struggle 1896-1898: Continuing the fight by other means -- VI. The limits of the medical profession -- VII. Women and the working class in public opinion: the maternity question -- VIII. Women's participation in labor unions: the case of the match workers -- IX. The French State and the match workers: General and Concrete Considerations