Description
Book SynopsisA broad, historical appraisal of the evolution of work safety and health regulation in the U.S.
Trade Review"A first-rate political and legal history. . . . Recommended."--
Choice"A wonderfully interesting book.
Making Capitalism Safe is full of new information on the woefully overlooked and understudied state-level industrial safety apparatus of the twentieth-century United States. This study will be required reading for scholars in fields ranging from business and political history to law, political science, and more."--John Fabian Witt, author of
The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American LawTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. From Common Law to Factory Laws 11
2. The Administrative Transformation of Work Safety and Health Law 31
3. Selling the Safety Spirit 52
4. The First Safety Codes 68
5. The Club of the Law 85
6. Politics and Work Safety Education in the Interwar Economy 103
7. The Technocrats Take Command 119
8. The Limits of Law Enforcement 136
9. The Troubled Campaign against Occupational Disease 152
Epilogue: The Road to OSHA 172
Appendix 183
Notes 187
Bibliography 243
Index 265
Illustrations follow page 84
