Back on Track - American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 19652015

Informationen zum Autor Mark Aldrich is the Marilyn Carlson Nelson Professor of Economics emeritus at Smith College. He is the author of Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870-1939 and Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828-1965 . Klappentext Demonstrates how railroad safety evolved from the intersection of market pressures, technology, and public sentiment."--Journal of Southern History Zusammenfassung Demonstrates how railroad safety evolved from the intersection of market pressures! technology! and public sentiment."-Journal of Southern History

Product details

• Authors: Mark Aldrich, Mark (Smith College) Aldrich
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781421424156
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2415-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics; Hagley Library Studies in Busi; Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Travel & holiday guides, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Trains & railways: general interest, Trains and railways: general interest, TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Rail Travel