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Death Rode the Rails
Mark Aldrich
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Description for Death Rode the Rails
A fascinating account of one of America's most important industries and its dangers, Death Rode the Rails will appeal to scholars of economics and the history of transportation, technology, labor, regulation, safety, and business, as well as to railroad enthusiasts. Num Pages: 480 pages, 69, 40 black & white halftones, 29 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 998.
For most of the 19th and much of the 20th centuries, railroads dominated American transportation. They transformed life and captured the imagination. Yet by 1907 railroads had also become the largest cause of violent death in the country, that year claiming the lives of nearly twelve thousand passengers, workers, and others. In Death Rode the Rails Mark Aldrich explores the evolution of railroad safety in the United States by examining a variety of incidents: spectacular train wrecks, smaller accidents in shops and yards that devastated the lives of workers and their families, and the deaths of thousands of women ... Read more
For most of the 19th and much of the 20th centuries, railroads dominated American transportation. They transformed life and captured the imagination. Yet by 1907 railroads had also become the largest cause of violent death in the country, that year claiming the lives of nearly twelve thousand passengers, workers, and others. In Death Rode the Rails Mark Aldrich explores the evolution of railroad safety in the United States by examining a variety of incidents: spectacular train wrecks, smaller accidents in shops and yards that devastated the lives of workers and their families, and the deaths of thousands of women ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882364
SKU
V9780801882364
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About Mark Aldrich
Mark Aldrich is the Marilyn Carlson Nelson Professor of Economics Emeritus at Smith College and the author of Safety First: Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870-1939, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Death Rode the Rails
A fascinating account of one of America's most important industries and its dangers. Scale Rails A well-made book such as this one stands out as a rare exception. Scitech Book News Students of rail safety, and today's Class I railroad managers, need to read this volume.
Ray Weart Trains Aldrich has created a masterpiece. His research is extensive, drawing ... Read more
Ray Weart Trains Aldrich has created a masterpiece. His research is extensive, drawing ... Read more