"Regulating Danger" is the first extended study of the coal-mining industry in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. It exceeds the scope of traditional labor history in focusing on working conditions and the problems of workers instead of unions and strikes. After examining the inherent physical dangers of the work, Whiteside shows how the interplay of economic, social, and technological forces created an envi-ronment of death in the western coal mines. He goes on to discuss evolving industrial and political attitudes toward issues of responsibility for mine safety and government regulation and the fundamental changes in the industry that brought about safer working conditions.
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"Regulating Danger" is the first extended study of the coal-mining industry in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. It exceeds the scope of traditional labor history in focusing on working conditions and the problems of workers instead of unions and strikes. After examining the inherent physical dangers of the work, Whiteside shows how the interplay of economic, social, and technological forces created an envi-ronment of death in the western coal mines. He goes on to discuss evolving industrial and political attitudes toward issues of responsibility for mine safety and government regulation and the fundamental changes in the industry that brought about safer working conditions.
Imprint | University of Nebraska Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | October 1990 |
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Authors | James Whiteside |
Dimensions | 216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards |
Pages | 279 |
Edition | illustrated edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8032-4752-9 |
Barcode | 9780803247529 |
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LSN | 0-8032-4752-4 |