Risk
Mohun, Arwen, 1961-
Risk negotiating safety in American society / [electronic resource] : Arwen P. Mohun. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (344 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781421408255 1421408252
Accidents--Social aspects--United States.
Emergency management--United States.
Risk assessment--United States--Public opinion.
Public safety--United States.
Electronic books.
HD4605 / .M63 2013
363.190973
Risk negotiating safety in American society / [electronic resource] : Arwen P. Mohun. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (344 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781421408255 1421408252
Accidents--Social aspects--United States.
Emergency management--United States.
Risk assessment--United States--Public opinion.
Public safety--United States.
Electronic books.
HD4605 / .M63 2013
363.190973