| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-437) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Railroad accidents -- United States -- History.
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Railroad accidents. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Railroads -- United States -- Safety measures -- History.
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Railroads. |
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Industrial safety. |
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Railroads -- history. |
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Accidents. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Safety Management -- history. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aldrich, Mark. Death rode the rails. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2006 0801882362 9780801882364 (DLC) 2005013355 (OCoLC)60375334 |
| ISBN |
9780801889073 (electronic book) |
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0801889073 (electronic book) |
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9780801882364 (hc. ; alkaline paper) |
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0801882362 (hc. ; alkaline paper) |
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0801882362 (hc. ; alkaline paper) |
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