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Death rode the rails [electronic resource] : American railroad accidents and safety, 1828-1965 / Mark Aldrich

Author:
Aldrich, Mark
Published:
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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Contents:
In the beginning: American railroad dangers and safety, 1828-1873 -- Off the tracks: the changing pattern of derailments, 1873-1900 -- Collisions and the rise of regulation, 1873-1900 -- Major risks from minor accidents, 1873-1900 -- Engineering success and disaster: bridge design and failure, 1840-1900 -- Coping with casualties: companies, workers, and injuries, 1850-1900 -- Safety crisis and safety first, 1900-1920 -- Lobbying for regulation: transporting hazardous substances, 1903-1930 -- Private enterprise and public regulation: safety between the wars, 1922-1939 -- Safety in war and decline, 1940-1965 -- Conclusion: the political economy of railroad safety, 1830-1965 -- Appendix 1: nineteenth-century railroad accident and casualty statistics -- Appendix 2: Casulties and accidents from Interstate Commerce Commission statistics, 1888-1965.
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ISBN:
9780801889073 (electronic bk.)
0801889073 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-437) and index.
Source of Acquisition:
Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2015
Endowment Note:
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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