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Lemov Michael R. <1935-> |
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Car safety wars : one hundred years of technology, politics, and death / / Michael R. Lemov |
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Madison, [New Jersey] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Automobiles - Law and legislation - United States |
Automobiles - Safety regulations - United States |
Automobiles - United States - Safety measures |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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. |
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