Author: LAPIERRE, DOMINIQUE. MORO, JAVIER
Title: Five past midnight in Bhopal
Description: London : Scribner 2002. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 391 pages; Physical desc. : xviii. 391 p. 16 p. of plates : ill. map. ports. ; 24 cm. Originally published in French as 'Il etait minuit cinq a Bhopal'. Paris : Laffont. 2001. Translated from the French. Subject: Pesticides industry --Accidents --India --Bhopal History --Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster. Bhopal. India. 1984 --Business and economics --Industries --Manufacturing industries --Social impact of disasters --Pollution and threats to the environment --Chemical industries. Summary: It was five past midnight on 3 December 1984. A terrifying cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant in the heart of the Indian city of Bhopal. killing 16. 000-30. 000 and injuring half a million people. This book recounts the poignant human and technological adventure leading up to this industrial disaster and human tragedy. Hundreds of characters. situations and adventures are telescoped into this fresco of love. heroism. faith and hope. There are people from both the slums and the teak-veneered offices of Union Carbide. by Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro ; translated from the French by Kathryn Spink.ISBN: 074322034X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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