Car safety wars : one hundred years of technology, politics, and death / Michael R. Lemov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemov, Michael R., 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles--Law and legislation--United States.

Automobiles.

Automobiles--Safety regulations--United States.

Automobiles--United States--Safety measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Madison, [New Jersey] ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Car Safety Wars Michael Lemov has done a masterful job of documenting the long and complicated evolution of a critically important public-health effort-the century-long campaign to make motor vehicles safer. As a first-hand participant in and observer of that effort, he brings special insights into its successes and failures. Car Safety Wars is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the history of auto safety in this country.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter One: Love and Death on the Open Road; Chapter Two: Voices in the Wilderness; Chapter Three: Just a Congressman from a Small State; Chapter Four: Safety Doesn't Sell; Chapter Five: General Motors Meets Ralph Nader; Chapter Six: A Federal Law; Chapter Seven: Dr. Haddon, Detroit, and the New Safety Agency; Chapter Eight: Dragon Lady; Chapter Nine: The Birth and Near Death of the Air Bag; Chapter Ten: Elizabeth Dole, State Farm, and How America Got the Air Bag; Chapter Eleven: Rough Road for Recalls; Chapter Twelve: Forcing New Technology; Epilogue

Appendix AAppendix B; Interviews by the Author; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68393-799-6

1-61147-746-8