02857nam 2200553 450 991082431460332120170822125743.01-61147-746-8(CKB)3710000000383108(EBL)2000873(SSID)ssj0001458192(PQKBManifestationID)12540357(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001458192(PQKBWorkID)11443832(PQKB)10349609(MiAaPQ)EBC2000873(EXLCZ)99371000000038310820150411h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCar safety wars one hundred years of technology, politics, and death /Michael R. LemovMadison, [New Jersey] ;Teaneck, [New Jersey] :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-747-6 1-61147-745-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; EpilogueAppendix AAppendix B; Interviews by the Author; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorIn 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. AutomobilesLaw and legislationUnited StatesAutomobilesSafety regulationsUnited StatesAutomobilesUnited StatesSafety measuresAutomobilesLaw and legislationAutomobilesSafety regulationsAutomobilesSafety measures.629.231Lemov Michael R.1935-1628818MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824314603321Car safety wars3966175UNINA