Caught in the machinery : workplace accidents and injured workers in nineteenth-century Britain / Jamie L. Bronstein.

  • Bronstein, Jamie L., 1968-
Date:
2008
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.

Physical description

x, 222 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-218) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Not your typical day at the office -- The perils of the workplace -- The options for injured workers -- The cultural meanings of workplace accidents -- The paradox of free labor -- Industrial accidents and state power -- Epilogue: the Anglo-American aftermath.

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    History of Medicine
    VT.41.AA8
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ISBN

  • 9780804700085
  • 0804700087