Risk [electronic resource] : negotiating safety in American society / Arwen P. Mohun.
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- 9781421408255
- 1421408252
- 363.190973 23
- HD4605 .M63 2013
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.
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