Twisted rails, sunken ships [electronic resource] : the rhetoric of nineteenth century steamboat and railroad accident investigation reports, 1833-1879 / R. John Brockmann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: BookBookSeries: Baywood's technical communications series (Unnumbered)Publication details: Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., 2005.Description: xiii, 273 p. : ill., portsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.12/265/097309034 22
LOC classification:
  • HE1780 .B76 2005eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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