Governing risks in modern Britain : danger, safety and accidents, c. 1800--2000 /: danger, safety and accidents, c. 1800--2000. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Crook, Mike Esbester, editors.
• Editors: Crook, Tom, 1977-; Esbester, Mike
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: Risk and the History of Governing Modern Britain, c. 1800-2000; Histories of Welfare and Risk; Theories of Risk and the 'Risk Society'; 'Risks', 'Dangers' and 'Accidents': Meanings and Context; Outline of Chapters; Part I: Early Risk Societies; Chapter 2: Risk, Prevention and Policing, c. 1750-1850; Policing the 'Risk Society'; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Information, Prevention and Local Policing; Conclusion Chapter 3: Rethinking the History of the Risk Society: Accident Reporting, the Social Order and the London Daily Press, 1800-30 Changes to Accident Reporting in the London Dailies, 1800-30; Explaining the Changes: The Social Meaning of Accidents; The Single Accident Article and Industrial Modernity; Conclusion; Part II: Environmental Risks; Chapter 4: Artificial Britain: Risk, Systems and Synthetics Since 1800; Systems and Accidents; Materials and Risks; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Danger in the Drains: Sewer Gas, Sewerage Systems and the Home, 1850-1900; The Danger of Sewer Gas 'Home Sweet Home' Governing Details; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Public Health and Public Safety: Disinfection, Carbolic and the Plurality of Risk, 1870-1914; The Uses and Significance of Disinfection; Disinfectants, Poisons and Safety; Carbolic Acid and Suicide: Balancing Public Health and Public Safety; Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Disinfection; Chapter 7: Risk, Time and Everyday Environmentalism in Modern Britain; Risk and Resistance; Catastrophe and Resilience; Risk, Time and the Everyday in the 'Anthropocene'; Part III: Mobility and Leisure Risks Chapter 8: Drunk Driving, Drink Driving: Britain, c. 1800-1920 Alcohol, Accidents, Testimony and 'Character'; Glimpsing a Vision of 'Safety'?; Drink and Accidents in the Motor Age; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Risk on the Roads: Police, Motor Traffic and the Management of Space, c. 1900-50; Policing Traffic in the Early Twentieth Century; Information, Practice and Authority; Policing Choices and Responsibilities; The Long-Term Police Vision; Conclusion; Chapter 10: 'Maximum Supervision': Risk, Danger and Public Water in Post-War Britain; Progress and Fear in the Post-War British Landscape Water Safety: The Public Policy Response Public Information Campaigns; The Working Party on Water Safety; Conclusion: Affluence and Anxiety; Part IV: Occupational Risks; Chapter 11: Risk, Responsibility and Robens: The Transformation of the British System of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, 1961-74; A Fragmented and Piecemeal System; Inculcating Safety Consciousness in Industry; The Productive Workplace; The Changing Dimensions of Occupational Risk; The Failure of Reform, 1967-70; The Industrial Philosophy of Lord Alfred Robens; The Committee on Safety and Health at Work
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages)
• Subjects: 363.3480941; History; Public safety -- Great Britain -- History; Accidents -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History; Risk management -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Accidents -- Prevention -- Government policy; Public safety; Risk management -- Government policy; History -- Social History; Social & cultural history; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; British & Irish history; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137467454; 1137467452; 1137467444; 9781137467447
• Related ISBNs: 9781137467447
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 4, 2016).
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