Death rode the rails American railroad accidents and safety, 1828-1965 /
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Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- In the beginning: American railroad dangers and safety, 1828-1873
- Off the tracks: the changing pattern of derailments, 1873-1900
- Collisions and the rise of regulation, 1873-1900
- Major risks from minor accidents, 1873-1900
- Engineering success and disaster: bridge design and failure, 1840-1900
- Coping with casualties: companies, workers, and injuries, 1850-1900
- Safety crisis and safety first, 1900-1920
- Lobbying for regulation: transporting hazardous substances, 1903-1930
- Private enterprise and public regulation: safety between the wars, 1922-1939
- Safety in war and decline, 1940-1965
- Conclusion: the political economy of railroad safety, 1830-1965
- Appendix 1: nineteenth-century railroad accident and casualty statistics
- Appendix 2: Casulties and accidents from Interstate Commerce Commission statistics, 1888-1965.