Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann
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| Autore: |
Brockmann R. John
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| Titolo: |
Twisted rails, sunken ships [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / / R. John Brockmann
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| Pubblicazione: | Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.12/265/097309034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Railroad accidents - United States |
| Steamboat disasters - United States | |
| Accident investigation - United States | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Twisted rails, sunken ships |
| ISBN: | 1-351-84087-8 |
| 1-315-22343-0 | |
| 0-89503-504-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818027003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Baywood's technical communications series (Unnumbered)