Risk negotiating safety in American society
Title:
Risk negotiating safety in American society
Author:
Mohun, Arwen, 1961-
ISBN:
9781421408255
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Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013.
Physical Description:
viii, 329 p. : ill.
Contents:
Fire is everybody's business -- The uncertainties of disease -- Doing something about the weather -- Animal risk for a modern age -- Railroads, or why risk in a system is different -- The professionalization of safety -- The safety first movement -- Negotiating animal risk -- What's a gun good for? -- Risk as entertainment : amusement parks -- Consumer product safety.
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