Governing Risks in Modern Britain : Danger, Safety and Accidents, c. 1800-2000 (Hardcover)

1. Introduction - Risk and the History of Governing Modern Britain, c . 1800-2000 by Tom Crook and Mike Esbester. - Part One: Early Risk Societies. - 2. Risk, Prevention and Policing, c . 1750-1850 by Francis Dodsworth. - 3. Rethinking the History of the Risk Society: Accident Reporting, the Social Order and the London Daily Press during the Early Nineteenth Century by Ryan Vieira. - Part Two: Environmental Risks. - 4. Artificial Britain: Risk, Systems and Synthetics since 1800 by Chris Otter. - 5. Danger in the Drains: Sewer Gas, Sewerage Systems and the Home, 1850-1900 by Tom Crook. - 6. Public Health and Public Safety: Disinfection, Carbolic and the Plurality of Risk, 1870-1914 by Rebecca Whyte. - 7. Risk, Time and Everyday Environmentalism in Modern Britain by Timothy Cooper. - Part Three: Mobility and Leisure Risks. - 8. Drunk Driving, Drink Driving: Britain, c . 1800-1920 by Bill Luckin. - 9. Risk on the Roads: Police, Motor Traffic and the Management of Space, c . 1900-1950 by Chris A. Williams. - 10. 'Maximum Supervision': Risk, Danger and Public Water in Post-War Britain by Glen O'Hara. - Part Four: Occupational Risks. - 11. Risk, Responsibility and Robens: The Transformation of the British System of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, 1961-1974 by Christopher Sirrs. - 12. Il/legitimate Risks? Occupational Health and Safety and the Public in Britain, c . 1960-2015 by Paul Almond and Mike Esbester. - 13. Conclusion: Governing Risks in Britain and Beyond by Arwen P. Mohun, Thomas Le Roux, Tom Crook and Mike Esbester