Accident prone a history of technology, psychology, and misfits of the machine age

Before accident proneness -- German origins -- British origins -- Preparing the way: transport operators -- The streams come together in the late 1920s and early 1930s -- Consolidation and development, 1930s-World War II -- How psychiatrists did not adopt and medicalize accident proneness -- The mid...

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1. Verfasser: Burnham, John C. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. u.a. Univ. of Chicago Press c 2009
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Zusammenfassung:Before accident proneness -- German origins -- British origins -- Preparing the way: transport operators -- The streams come together in the late 1920s and early 1930s -- Consolidation and development, 1930s-World War II -- How psychiatrists did not adopt and medicalize accident proneness -- The mid-twentieth-century high point -- Eclipse of the idea among experts -- Bypassing accident proneness with engineering.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-317) and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 328 S.
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
24 cm
ISBN:0226081176
0-226-08117-6
9780226081175
978-0-226-08117-5