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Twisted Rails, Sunken Ships: The Rhetoric Of Nineteenth Century Steamboat And Railroad Accident Investigation Reports, 1833-1879

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Contemporary disaster investigation reports into the shuttle, Three Mile Island, or the World Trade Center did not happen by chance, but were the result of an evolution of the discourse communities involved with investigating technological accidents. The relationships of private companies, coroners, outside experts, and government investigators all had to be developed and experimented with before a genre of investigation reports could exist. This book is the story o… More >>

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