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A 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 Law

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 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

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      Publisher MO - University of Illinois Press
      Published 12/14/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780252034824
      978-0252034824
      ISBN-10 0252034821
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A 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 Law

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments 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

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