Shifting the blame : literature, law, and the theory of accidents in nineteenth-century America /

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Drawing on legal cases, legal debates, and fiction including works by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and Charles Chesnutt, Nan Goodman investigates changing notions of responsibility and agency in nineteenth-century America. By looking at accidents and accident law in the industri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goodman, Nan, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Accidents in literature.
Accident law > United States > History > 19th century.
Legal stories, American > History and criticism.
Law and literature > History > 19th century.
Negligence in literature.
Responsibility in literature.
Blame in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Accidents dans la littérature.
Accidents > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Roman judiciaire américain > Histoire et critique.
Droit et littérature > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Négligence (Droit) dans la littérature.
Responsabilité dans la littérature.
Blâme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Accident law.
American literature.
Law and literature.
Legal stories, American.
Verkehrsunfall
Verantwortung
Verantwortlichkeit
Recht
Literatur
Geschichte 1800-1900.
United States.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Drawing on legal cases, legal debates, and fiction including works by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and Charles Chesnutt, Nan Goodman investigates changing notions of responsibility and agency in nineteenth-century America. By looking at accidents and accident law in the industrializing society, Goodman shows how courts moved away from the doctrine of strict liability to a new notion of liability that emphasized fault and negligence. Shifting the Blame reveals the pervasive impact of this radically new theory of responsibility in understandings of industrial hazards, in manufacturing dangers, and in the stories that were told and retold about accidents.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 198 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index.
ISBN:1315023121
9781315023120
9780691227450
0691227454

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