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Risk : negotiating safety in American society /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mohun, Arwen, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Accidents > Social aspects > United States.
Emergency management > United States.
Risk assessment > United States > Public opinion.
Public safety > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.