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Risk : negotiating safety in American society / Arwen P. Mohun.

Author/creator Mohun, Arwen, 1961-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionviii, 329 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-312) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012017649
ISBN9781421407906 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781421408255 (electronic)
ISBN1421407906 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1421408252 (electronic)

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