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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818027003321

Autore

Brockmann R. John

Titolo

Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005

ISBN

1-351-84087-8

1-315-22343-0

0-89503-504-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Baywood's technical communications series

Disciplina

363.12/265/097309034

Soggetti

Railroad accidents - United States

Steamboat disasters - United States

Accident investigation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Using science as a corporate defense -- pt. 2. Publicity, political pressure, and emotional involvement by authors transform disaster investigations -- pt. 3. The antebellum period of disaster investigation : transformation ends and a constellation of roles and reports becomes normal.