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UNINA9910975382003321 |
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Autore |
Lerner Barron H |
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Titolo |
One for the road : drunk driving since 1900 / / Barron H. Lerner |
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2011 |
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Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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9781421403496 |
1421403498 |
9780801898693 |
0801898692 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drunk driving - United States - Prevention |
Drunk driving - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-205) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : what's the harm? -- The discovery of drunk driving -- Science and government enter the fray -- The MADD mothers take charge -- The movement matures and splinters -- Lamb, lightner, and libertarians : a backlash -- Conclusion: more (and more) stories. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why, despite decades and decades of warnings, do people still choose to drive while intoxicated? One for the Road provides crucial historical lessons for understanding the old epidemic of drunk driving and the new epidemic of distracted driving. |
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