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Risk : Negotiating Safety in American Society

Paperback • 2013 • Norwegian Bokmål

Risk : Negotiating Safety in American Society

By Arwen P. Mohun

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About the book

"Risk" is a capacious term used to describe the uncertainties that arise from physical, financial, political, and social activities. Practically everything we do carries some level of risk-threats to our bodies, property, and animals. How do we determine when the risk is too high? In considering this question, Arwen P. Mohun offers a thought-provoking study of danger and how people have managed it from pre-industrial and industrial America up until today. Mohun outlines a vernacular risk culture...Show more

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ISBN

9781421407906

Publisher

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

2013

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

Risk : Negotiating Safety in American Society

Format

Paperback

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