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Risk : negotiating safety in American society / Arwen P. Mohun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mohun, Arwen, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public safety--United States.
- Public safety.
- Risk assessment--United States--Public opinion.
- Risk assessment.
- Emergency management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Accidents--Social aspects--United States.
- Accidents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (340 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Yet many of us still like amusement park rides that scare the devil out of us; they dare us to take risks.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0825-2
- OCLC:
- 824353595
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