Governing Risks in Modern Britain Danger, Safety and Accidents, c. 1
For more than 200 years, everyday life in Britain has been beset by a variety of dangers, from the mundane to the life-threatening. Governing Risks in Modern Britain focuses on the steps taken to manage these dangers and to prevent accidents sin
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Governing Risks in Modern Britain
Tom Crook • Mike Esbester Editors
Governing Risks in Modern Britain Danger, Safety and Accidents, c. 1800–2000
Editors Tom Crook Oxford Brookes University Oxford, United Kingdom
Mike Esbester University of Portsmouth Portsmouth, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-46744-7 ISBN 978-1-137-46745-4 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-46745-4
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This volume arises out of a conference held at Oxford Brookes University in 2013. The editors would like to thank all those who participated in the conference and to acknowledge the financial support of the following institutions: Oxford Brookes University; the University of Portsmouth and, in particular, the Centre for European and International Studies Research; the Wellcome Trust; and the Economic History Society of the UK. Mike would also like to thank his family, particularly his wife Nicki and daughter Rosie, for their support and patience in the latter stages of preparation. Finally, Mike and Paul Almond gratefully acknowledge the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, which has funded the research project ‘The Changing Legitimacy of Health and Safety, 1960–2015’, from which their chapter is drawn. They also thank their research assistants, Carmen D’Cruz and Laura Mayne.
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CONTENTS
1
Risk and the History of Governing Modern Britain, c. 1800–2000 Tom Crook and Mike Esbester
Part I
Early Risk Societies
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Risk, Prevention and Policing, c. 1750–1850 Francis Dodsworth
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Rethinking the History of the
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