TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aldrich,Mark
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Death rode the rails: American railroad accidents and safety, 1828-1965 
AV  - TF23 .A474 2006eb
U1  - 363.12/2/0973 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Baltimore, Md.
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Railroad accidents
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Safety measures
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-437) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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