Back on Track - American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 19652015

Informationen zum Autor Mark Aldrich is the Marilyn Carlson Nelson Professor Emeritus of Economics at Smith College and the author of Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1829–1965; Back on Track: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1965–2015; and Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870–1939 . 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