Making capitalism safe
Subtitle: work safety and health regulation in America, 1880-1940
By: Donald W. Rogers.
Series: The working class in American history; Working class in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780252034824
Subjects: Industrial welfare -- Government policy -- United States -- History; Industrial safety -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Industrial hygiene -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: From common law to factory laws; title: The administrative transformation of work safety and health law; title: Selling the safety spirit; title: The first safety codes; title: The club of the law; title: Politics and work safety education in the interwar economy; title: The technocrats take command; title: The limits of law enforcement; title: The troubled campaign against occupational disease.