Twisted rails, sunken ships the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brockmann, R. John
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005.
Series:Baywood's technical communications series (Unnumbered)
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.