Death rode the rails : American railroad accidents and safety, 1828-1965
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Mark Aldrich
- ناشر : Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780801882364
Description
n the beginning: American railroad dangers and safety, 1828-1873 -- Off the tracks: the changing pattern of derailments, 1873-1900 -- Collisions and the rise of regulation, 1873-1900 -- Major risks from minor accidents, 1873-1900 -- Engineering success and disaster: bridge design and failure, 1840-1900 -- Coping with casualties: companies, workers, and injuries, 1850-1900 -- Safety crisis and safety first, 1900-1920 -- Lobbying for regulation: transporting hazardous substances, 1903-1930 -- Private enterprise and public regulation: safety between the wars, 1922-1939 -- Safety in war and decline, 1940-1965 -- Conclusion: the political economy of railroad safety, 1830-1965 -- Appendix 1: nineteenth-century railroad accident and casualty statistics -- Appendix 2: Casulties and accidents from Interstate Commerce Commission statistics, 1888-1965.
For most of the nineteenth and much of the twentieth centuries, railroads dominated American transportation. They transformed life and captured the imagination. This book explores the evolution of railroad safety in the United States by examining a variety of incidents including spectacular train wrecks, and smaller accidents in shops and yards.
