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Author Mohun, Arwen, 1961-

Title Risk [electronic resource] : negotiating safety in American society / Arwen P. Mohun.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description viii, 329 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Public safety -- United States.
Risk assessment -- United States -- Public opinion.
Emergency management -- United States.
Accidents -- Social aspects -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781421407906 (hardback : alk. paper)
1421407906 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781421408255 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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