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

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.

x, 222 pages ; 24 cm

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.

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