03576nam 2200637 a 450 991095945620332120251117092355.01-351-84087-81-315-22343-00-89503-504-9(CKB)2670000000275686(EBL)3117821(SSID)ssj0000780057(PQKBManifestationID)12336570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780057(PQKBWorkID)10785590(PQKB)10465198(MiAaPQ)EBC3117821(Au-PeEL)EBL3117821(CaPaEBR)ebr10613404(OCoLC)644096514(BIP)75413259(BIP)10976847(EXLCZ)99267000000027568620040810d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTwisted rails, sunken ships the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 /R. John Brockmann1st ed.Amityville, N.Y. Baywood Pub. Co.20051 online resource (289 p.)Baywood's technical communications seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-89503-291-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Contemporary disaster investigation reports into the Shuttle, Three Mile Island, or the World Trade Centre did not happen by chance, but were the result of an evolution of the discourse communities involved with investigating technological accidents. The relationships of private companies, coroners, outside experts, and government investigators all had to be developed and experimented with before a genre of investigation reports could exist. This book is the story of the evolution of these investigation discourse communities in published reports written between 1833 and 1879. Using the reports generated by seven different accidents on railroads and steamboats between 1833 and 1876, it is possible to observe the changes in how these reports interacted and changed over the course of the nineteenth century: The Explosion of the Steamboat New England in the Connecticut River, 1833; The Explosion of the Locomotive Engine Richmond near Reading Pennsylvania, 1844; The Explosion of the Steam Boat Moselle in Cincinatti, 1838; The Camden and Amboy Railroad Collision in Burlington, New Jersey, 1855; The Gasconade Bridge Collapse on the Pacific Railroad in Missouri, 1855; The Eastern Railroad Collision in Revere, Massachusetts, 1871; The Ashtabula Railroad Bridge Collapse in Ohio, 1876Baywood's technical communications series (Unnumbered)Railroad accidentsUnited StatesSteamboat disastersUnited StatesAccident investigationUnited StatesRailroad accidentsSteamboat disastersAccident investigation363.12/265/097309034Brockmann R. John853288MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959456203321Twisted rails, sunken ships4476228UNINA